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Functions Do You Need in Your Database Tools?
What are the most popular database tool functions
and features sought after by data professionals? A
recent study gives a glimpse of what’s on the hot
list for database marketers these days.
According to the study, “The Evolving Role of the
Data Professional – 2007 and Beyond,” by Embarcadero
Technologies and Unisphere Research, the most
popular function respondents seek in their database
tools deal with monitoring the performance and
availability of their databases (78 percent).
Another 69 percent said they require backup and
recovery capabilities for managing their data
environments. The third-ranked feature most desired
by database professionals is SQL tuning, which helps
databases find optimum execution paths for queries,
the study notes. This is a key capability for
getting the most out of databases before considering
more expensive hardware and software upgrades.
Here are more features and functions sought in
database tools, according to the study:
* Support of latest database release - 54 percent
* Managing users, roles and their permissions - 48
percent
* Creating and altering schema - 44 percent
* Database design or modeling - 36 percent
* Reporting on the configuration of the database - 35
percent
* Integration with other tools - 25 percent
* Intuitive and common interface that abstracts
differences between underlying databases - 25 percent
* Applications management - 19 percent
* Ability to manage from a Web browser - 17 percent
* Middleware management - 7 percent
* Other - 2 percent
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