IT teams have a fundamental choice when designing and building data management environments: Go with open source database technology or buy commercial software. Each option comes with benefits and ...

Open-source software has reshaped many IT disciplines, and the world of database administration (DBA) is no exception. The open-source community, and the software it has produced, has evolved into a ...

A configuration management database (CMDB) is a file -- usually in the form of a standardized database-- that contains all relevant information about the hardware and software components used in an ...

With the growing interest in adopting best practices across IT departments, particularly according to standards such as the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), many organizations are ...