in recent years, IT leaders have been bombarded with requests to support entirely new data classes and related information management technologies. Confronted by a bewildering array of information categories, usages, and suppliers, it can be very puzzling to determine how to proceed. Despite all of this confusion, however, the relational database management system (RDBMS) remains as the system of record for the enterprise.

Join Robert Schneider, technology consultant and author, and Dan Lahl, Senior Director, Product Marketing, SAP to review proven guidelines that organizations can follow when selecting an RDBMS to meet today’s information processing responsibilities.

• Trends that are increasing the complexity of data management
• Why the RDBMS is vital to every enterprise
• Five key relational database selection considerations

EATURED SPEAKERS:

Robert D. Schneider
Silicon Valley–based technology consultant and author

Dan Lahl
Senior Director of Product Marketing at SAP