Teamsolve's helping hand

Teamsolve have celebrated a successful year-end by donating a significant portion of post tax profits to chosen charities. As part of the scheme, £5,000 was given to help establish a performing arts studio at local charity Padley Group's multi-purpose Development Centre.

Padley Group is a Derby-based charity founded in 1985 delivering services to people with complex needs. They work with some of the most socially excluded people in our community, including those with issues such as drug or alcohol addiction, mental health issues, homelessness, long-term unemployment and learning disabilities.

Read more about Padley Group, and how Teamsolve's money will be spent making lives better for people with complex needs living in Derby.

Oracle de-support dates and what it means to you

With the Premier Support period for Oracle 9i set to end on the 31st of July, many organisations are gearing up for an upgrade to Oracle's flagship product - 10g release 2.

The huge strides in automation, system availability and security have been well documented over the past 3 years, But there's a plethora of reasons why businesses running Oracle are still running older versions. Oracle 10g may have been on the scene for a while now, yet many IT Managers and DBAs haven't been in any rush to upgrade - regardless of Oracle's press machine.

Click here to read why it's imperative Oracle shops running 9i look at their migration plans sooner rather than later.

Oracle security - what can your business do?

If one thing's for sure within security, adopting a preventative approach is undoubtedly more sensible that simply reacting to issues as they occur.

Often Teamsolve receive frantic calls from businesses that have suffered a security breach, directly as a result of not having a robust protective platform.

We take a look at some of the most serious threats to your systems at the moment and the practical measures you can take as a business to address them.

Teamsolve and 10G RAC: Getting it live and keeping it that way

Oracle 10g RAC (Real Application Cluster) is a highly powerful tool in the quest for 100% availability. It's widely regarded as the weapon of choice for Oracle shops wanting to maximise availability, minimise their business risk and guarantee their systems are running at maximum efficiency.

Find out why you can't just rely on RAC to provide a high availability architecture for your business.