One more point in the Sybase vs Oracle debate is the size of the Oracle installed base. The claim has been made that the reason Oracle is the number one RDBMS, is that the database has been selected for it’s features, reliability and maturity.
Once again this is a false premise as the real reason [...]
Archive for August, 2006
Oracle Market share
Posted in Oracle DBMS, RDBMS, Sybase on August 27, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Row level Locking
Posted in Oracle DBMS, RDBMS, SQL, Sybase on August 27, 2006 | 3 Comments »
In the Sybase vs Oracle discussion there is always one issue that Oracle used to win. Row level locking. In the early days of Sybase, page level locking was the lowest level of granularity that locks attained. Much of this was due to a conscious choice of increasing the performance of the transaction, rather than [...]
Technorati Profile
Posted in Personal on August 25, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Technorati Profile
Sybase vs Oracle
Posted in IT Issues, Oracle DBMS, Personal, SQL, Solaris, Sybase on August 23, 2006 | 6 Comments »
I’ve seen some discussion around the internet about the age old argument about which is best Sybase or Oracle. I have been reading Mr. Talebzedah article on Sybase vs. Oracle: 10 reasons to use Sybase on Linux and I would agree with many of his statements. Having installed and used both over the years, [...]
Sybase Data Integration Suite
Posted in IT Issues, Personal, Sybase on August 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This is a great idea, in almost every company I’ve worked with data integration is the big issue. With all the mergers of going on, the data transfer issues are mind boggling. I have even played the part of data shepherd in these situations.
More here Sybase Unveils Sybase Data Integration Suite
IT Downturn in the offing
Posted in Economy & Business, IT Issues, Personal on August 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Between the economy starting to tank, and terrorist threats, I’m guessing that the IT hiring and equipment purchasing will take a large hit. From talking with folks in the U.S. it seems like most people are holding their money close to their wallets, indicating that most business spending will follow this trend. With everyone being [...]
Outsourcing IT?
Posted in IT Issues on August 10, 2006 | 1 Comment »
It’s amazing how many IT managers, let alone CFO’s CEO’s boards of directors believe that IT can be outsourced to save costs. From my experience this stems from a number of causes.
1) Management does not know what value IT provides as integral part of the business.
2) Management does not know what IT does.
3) [...]
On IT Operations
Posted in IT Issues, Personal on August 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I had a friend and coworker define the nature of a properly working IT Operations department as, ‘Boring’ now to translate that, what he meant was that if Operations, systems and software were boring, then everything was working fine. It’s the natural state of affairs in an IT operations group.
If you find an IT [...]
