Indexes are not a good thing… A blog on TCO

In many of my posts I refer to the issues associated with building “extra” data structures to meet performance goals … More

My 2 Cents: Netezza 1Q2013

Since my blogs tend to be in response to some stimulus they may not reflect a holistic view on any … More

If I were the Register I would have titled this: Raging Stuffed Elephant To Devour Two Warehouse Vendors… I love … More

I posted a blog on the SAP site here that discussed the implications of mobile clients. I want to re-emphasize … More

@henryccook made an interesting point regarding Netezza workload management this morning… He suggested that once a SPU is engaged by … More

As you look at the enterprise RDBMS marketplace today you will find something shocking… almost every product in the market … More

David Linthicum suggests here that Shadow IT is not all a bad thing. He references a PricewaterhouseCoopers study that … More

In my first blog (here) I discussed the implications of using co-processors to offload CPU. The point was that with … More

I’ve been trying to sort through the noise around Exalytics and see if there are any conclusions to be drawn … More

So far this blog has focused on issues related to database architecture… so this title might not seem on message. … More