The Best Databases Books 2024

1. IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence: The Official Guide (Paperback)

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. The Only Authorized Guide to IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence Develop, deploy, and maintain a complete BI solution across your enterprise. IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence: The Official Guide shows you how to take full advantage of the robust service-oriented architecture and simplified role-based user interfaces. Learn how to create, share, and analyze data-rich reports that lead to increased productivity and better business decisions. Featuring real-world insight and expert tips, this is a must-have guide for IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence users of all levels, from administrators to end users. Measure and monitor performance using dashboards and scorecards Assign user roles and privileges Provide complete and consistent access to a broad range of data sources via Cognos Connection Use Cognos 8 Go! to extend BI to Office applications, mobile devices, and search engines Enable business users to create reports with Query Studio Develop new insights by exploring data in multiple dimensions and perspectives with Analysis Studio Build Dimensional Reports with Report Studio Use Event Studio to identify and deliver mission-critical information Create, modify, organize, and publish a model from Cognos Framework Manager Implement sound security measures Take advantage of the management tools in Cognos Administration to ensure maximum reliability and availability

IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence: The Official Guide (Paperback)

2. Hands-On Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services, Second Edition, (Paperback)

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Transform Raw Data Into Meaningful Business Intelligence with SSIS Deploy and manage high-performance data transformation solutions across your enterprise using the step-by-step techniques in this fully revised guide. Hands-On Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services, Second Edition explains the tools and methods necessary to extract conclusive business intelligence from disparate corporate data. Learn how to build and secure packages, load and cleanse data, establish workflow, and optimize performance. Real-world examples, detailed illustrations, and hands-on exercises are included throughout this practical resource. Build SSIS packages using the Import and Export Wizard and Business Intelligence Development Studio Create Loop and Task Host Containers with Control Flow Designer Administer SSIS from SQL Server Management Studio and dutil Secure packages using encryption, roles, signatures, and permissions Build-in memory lookups and transformations using the Data Flow Engine Extend functionality using custom scripts and ActiveX components Use SCD transformations to load data warehouses and data marts Learn to build a Star Schema and Parallel Data Warehouse Migrate Data Transformation Services 2000 and SSIS 2005 packages

Hands-On Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services, Second Edition, (Paperback) Author: McGraw-Hill Companies ISBN: 9780071736404 Format: Paperback Publication Date: 2010-09-29 Page Count: 720

3. Oracle DBA Checklists Pocket Reference (Paperback)

Oracle database administration is a complex and stressful job. In a series of easy-to-use checklists, this concise pocket reference summarizes the enormous number of tasks you must perform as an Oracle DBA. Each section takes a step-by-step "cookbook" approach to presenting DBA quick-reference material. The Oracle DBA Checklists Pocket Reference is divided into three major sections covering the main areas of an Oracle DBA's responsibilities: Database management. Describes how to maintain existing databases (with a checklist of daily, weekly, and monthly activities), prepare new databases for production, and back up and recover databases (with checklists for how to recover tables, data files, index files, control files, rollback segments, and active and inactive redo logs). Installation and configuration. Contains a summary of key procedures for installation on Unix, Windows NT, and VMS platforms. Also includes special steps for configuring a parallel database. Network management. Helps with installing, configuring, and testing Net8 software on server and client machines. Tasks include confirming network availability and Net8 connectivity, verifying Net8 name resolution, configuring Net8 clients (with LDAP or Oracle Names), configuring Net8 on the server, configuring the Multi-Threaded Server (MTS), tracing client connections, and tracing the Net8 listener. This book's quick-reference, step-by-step approach takes the stress out of DBA problem solving by making it easy to find the information you need--and find it fast.

Oracle DBA Checklists Pocket Reference (Paperback)

4. Database Professional's Library SQL Server 2000 Web Application Developer's Guide, (Paperback)

The ultimate beginning-to-end guide for SQL developers building Web-enabled database applications. Contains data tools to help make building Web applications easier for developers. Includes coverage of security issues and building N-tier Web solutions, an important topic in web development today.

Database Professional's Library SQL Server 2000 Web Application Developer's Guide, (Paperback) Author: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media ISBN: 9780072126198 Format: Paperback Publication Date: 2000-01-01 Page Count: 663