For sybase database administrators and IS managers, and for students of computer science and databases. This is the first book that shows Sybase database administrators exactly how to manage complex multi-SQL Server environments.

Giving comprehensive, soup-to-nuts coverage of database administration, this guide is written from a platform-independent viewpoint, emphasizing best practices.

Database Administration, Second Edition, is the definitive, technology-independent guide to the modern discipline of database administration. Packed with best practices and proven solutions for any database platform or environment, this text fully reflects the field’s latest realities and challenges. Drawing on more than thirty years of database experience, Mullins focuses on problems that today’s DBAs actually face, and skills and knowledge they simply must have. Mullins presents realistic, thorough, and up-to-date coverage of every DBA task, including creating database environments, data modeling, normalization, design, performance, data integrity, compliance, governance, security, backup/recovery, disaster planning, data and storage management, data movement/distribution, data warehousing, connectivity, metadata, tools, and more. This edition adds new coverage of “Big Data,” database appliances, cloud computing, and NoSQL. Mullins includes an entirely new chapter on the DBA’s role in regulatory compliance, with substantial new material on data breaches, auditing, encryption, retention, and metadata management. You’ll also find an all-new glossary, plus up-to-the-minute DBA rules of thumb.

Administrator's Guide to Sybase ASE 15 is a practical systems administration guide for the newest release of the ASE product. Designed to provide all administrators with an authoritative guide, topics include installation, defining physical and Sybase-mirrored devices, transaction logging and modes, security, auditing, database backup and restoration, troubleshooting, maintenance, and more. After reading this book, you should be able to perform any task that encompasses the creation or maintenance of a server. With this book any administrator will understand the responsibilities of a system administrator; find out how to set limits on server resources using the Resource Governor; learn how to prioritize tasks with the Logical Process Manager; use data partitioning to enable finer control over data placement, maintenance, and management.

Feeling reluctant? The Handbook for Reluctant Database Administrators provides you with a solid grasp of what you'll need to design, build, secure, and maintain a database. Author Josef Finsel writes from an understanding point of view; he also crossed over from programming to database administration. Furthermore, database administration veteran Francis Stanisci comments throughout the book, sharing insight from his own years of experience.

To help customers reduce the growing cost of managing employee computers both in the office and on the road, Novell created Novell® ZENworks® for Desktops 4. ZENworks stands for Zero Effort Networks. Built to operate over the Internet as well as internal networks, ZENworks for Desktops 4 automates key network management tasks so IT professionals save time and money that can be spent on other projects or put directly to the company's bottom line. This guide allows the reader to leverage the power of ZENworks to manage all of the desktops on a network from a single point of administration.

Novell ZENworks 6.5 is a comprehensive set of integrated tools that automate IT management and business processes across the lifecycle of desktops, laptops, servers and handhelds across diverse server and client platforms. The Novell ZENworks 6.5 Suite Administrator's Handbook is a solid reference guide to all the new features of ZENworks 6.5. It includes descriptions of all the ZENworks 6.5 components, as well as the new features from the merged products. Packed with detailed information on how to install, efficiently use and troubleshoot ZENworks 6.5 in an enterprise environment, Novell ZENworks 6.5 Suite Administrator's Handbook is sure to be the only guide you need to maximize your ZENworks 6.5 experience.