Toad for Oracle’s Query Builder window provides a quick method for creating the framework of a SQL queries (Select, Insert, Update, or Delete statement). Additionally, one can select Tables, Views, or Synonyms, join columns, select columns, and generate…
From large enterprises to small businesses, organizations today generally recognize the range of opportunities and potential benefits they can achieve by analyzing big data. Whether the plan is to draw from social media posts to create targeted marketing…
Business intelligence (BI) is not just for big corporations. In higher education, colleges and universities of all sizes rely on BI solutions to analyze data from multiple sources and deliver reports that help streamline administration and improve student…
In no uncertain terms, the use of predictive analytics is crucial for SMBs to remain competitive. A recent survey revealed that companies that rate themselves substantially ahead of their peers in their use of data are three times more likely to rate…
Data scientists are in high demand. Across a range of industries, organizations are searching for highly skilled data scientists (aka data analysts) who can make sense of the rapidly rising volume, variety and velocity of data available today. Those data…
In my two previous posts I covered performance management and database maintenance in Toad™ DBA Suite for Oracle®. I’ve been emphasizing how Toad complements Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) for most DBA tasks and can…
New homes generally rock – and Toad’s new lily pad at Dell is no exception. We’re not saying Quest.com wasn’t great, but Toad is moving up in the world and has a new address at Quest.com.
But as soon as Toad’s all moved in, there…
Adopting new technologies that best fit your company’s business challenges can be a difficult process. Separating the marketing speak from true business value causes many firms to take a wait and see attitude towards cutting edge solutions creating innovation…
Innovative companies are adopting advanced analytics to take action and match the speed of their business. This is especially true in the world of manufacturing where complicated process driven activities benefit greatly from smarter, faster analytic…
I recently returned from a prominent event in the analytics and business intelligence space, and even having been home for a few days, my excitement over where the industry is headed stemming from all the great discussion I heard during the week continues…
Smart phones were the harbingers of the connected future as they transformed from merely portals for consuming information into sensors and location-based signaling tools. But the Internet of Things (IoT) takes that to another level where relatively inexpensive…
This month’s #ThinkChat discussion on Friday, June 5 at 11:00 AM PST is focused on the role that Microsoft, a Dell partner, plays in mid-market enterprises and how new data challenges and opportunities are being addressed. Microsoft has capabilities…
You might have heard that the term "big data" is over-hyped. And maybe you have heard it already slid into the “trough of disillusionment” (as far back as early 2013, if you believe everything you read on the Internet). Even assuming these assessments…
“Why would you use a Ferrari to haul a load of dirt?”
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You wouldn’t, of course, at least not knowingly. But a few months into the Great Analytics Migration I described last…
Sometimes authorizing a product can be confusing with the terms that are used.
As with many Quest products, there is a two-step authorization process.
A license key or Authorization key will need to be inputted; along with its Site Message string.
These…
While I certainly appreciate Boston for its history, chowder, and marathon, it is the predictive analytics scene that keeps bringing us back year after year. I know that sounds odd, but the annual Predictive Analytics World (PAW) Boston event is a natural…
As the old saying goes, “the one constant in life is change”, and this is especially true in database environments. There are many reasons why database environments experience change whether it be through typical maintenance efforts such…
We’ve posted recently about database developers feeling left out of agile processes. You may wonder how application developers can have it so easy – scrums, sprints and automation – to deploy updates at what can seem like an astonishing pace.…
You will see that our quest for a fully web-enabled client is full steam ahead! We just released Stat 5.8.1. This is a maintenance release that previews some cool new features and fine tuning of the infrastructure that will be a part of the upcoming Stat…
If we’ve learned anything from the cinematic achievement that is all 72 Fast and Furious films, it’s that high-stakes operations can quickly go awry with the slightest technical glitch. Staying ahead of the competition requires agility and rapid…
I’m sure Oracle DBAs everywhere are keeping their collective ears close to the ground waiting for the official announcement on 12cR2. We still, rightly or wrongly, have a habit of waiting for the 2nd release of Oracle versions, but that’s for another…
User-Defined Collections enable you to tell Foglight for SQL Server to go beyond the data points it collects out-of-the-box to also collect the results of queries that you define. So in addition to the vast amount of commonly-needed metrics that Foglight…
It has happened to all of us. We love an application like Toad. However, it would be so much more awesome if the app would do some idea that is currently not in the product. Allow me to introduce you to the Toad “Idea Pond.”
The Idea Pond…
Database developers: Does it feel as though everyone else gets the productivity benefits and fun from agile development, but not you?
In most organizations, agile is taking hold in application development, operations and even marketing. Meanwhile, database…
While it’s no secret that cloud technologies are rapidly changing the way that organizations are running their IT infrastructures, for many organizations that I speak with, databases (and data in general) seem to be the slowest to move. There are…
