The document discusses how organizations are looking to cut costs and improve efficiency in response to economic uncertainty. It suggests that CIOs need to reduce costs while increasing efficiency. It then provides recommendations for how to reduce costs, such as performing budget reviews and improving processes. It also recommends investing in a database IDE to make database users more efficient and allow them to perform multiple tasks from one interface.

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ACHIEVE MORE WITH
LESS RESOURCES
The current uncertainty in the economy is causing many organizations to look for ways of making their
operations more efficient and productive. These initiatives are particularly significant for IT departments,
which face increased demand to support these realignments without the resources they've had in the past.
Today's CIOs need to proactively reduce costs while increasing efficiency, goals that are often exclusive.

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COVID-19
2021 State of IT - The Annual Report on IT Budgets and Tech Trends
44%
Plan to
Accelerate
Digital
Transformation
36%
Plan to Improve
IT Operations
& Systems
Performance
32%
Plan to Provide
Remote Staff with
Standardized &
Easy-to-use Tools

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Perform Unbiased Review of Organizational Operations
• identify opportunities for cutting costs
• review budgets even when they do not need to be reduced
• classify expenses into licensing fees, personnel, & projects
Review Software Licenses
• identify potential savings
• expose rogue software
• however, limit ability of IT staff to control access to IT infrastructure
Review Organizational Structure of IT
• leaner times call for an organizational realignment
• ensure that structure supports operations long-term
• use framework such as COBIT
Review IT Projects
• identify candidates for cancellation or postponement
• only start projects that increase revenue or market share,
or support regulatory compliance
• delay or cancel all other projects that have not been launched yet
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REDUCE
COSTS

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Find Best Way to Leverage Existing Systems
• review trouble tickets
• identify most significant workflow bottlenecks
Change Organizational Processes
• eliminate use of heavily modified code
• reduce effort needed to maintain systems with heavily modified code
• redirect internal resources towards more efficient uses
Extend Existing Systems
• add new modules
• identify ways for new functions to generate revenue
• ensure that these processes are efficient and necessary
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INCREASE
EFFICIENCY

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• single database IDE for many database platforms
• perform a variety tasks from single interface
• automate complex tasks
• increase efficiency of database users
• improve collaboration
• replace multiple tools
• reduce cost of purchasing, licensing, and training
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DATABASE
IDEs

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• view queries in multiple ways
(execution plan, grid, pivot grid, text, text history)
• save queries in multiple formats for sharing
• save executed commands in SQL history
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QUERY
ANALYZER

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• generate SQL statements by dragging tables and views into workbooks
• navigate between objects within same database connection
• build queries by dragging objects from data pane to configurable decks
for SQL clauses
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vQUERY
BUILDER

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• pull data from query results into visual representations
• save and share visual representations with colleagues and customers
• connect to available data sources to extract, analyze, and visualize data
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VISUAL
ANALYTICS

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• for SQL code (functions, packages, procedures)
• step through queries and statements, pause, and set breakpoints
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DEBUGGERS

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• for data
• for source code (HTML, Java, JavaScript, SQL, XML)
• table editors
- graphically edit a query’s
result set in an
Excel-like grid
- display proposed changes in
specific colors to
review before committing
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EDITORS

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• design and edit database schemas
• view graphical representations of constraints, relationship, tables, and views
• translate models into queries and commands that databases can execute
• migrate schemas to other databases
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ER
MODELER

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• observe whether files are current, out of date, conflicted, or unversioned
• provide fine-grained view of file and directory histories
• see differences between versions
• add, commit, delete, refresh and update files from repository
• instantly indicate differences between file versions while editing files
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VERSION
CONTROL

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Cutting costs and improving efficiency have always been key requirements for remaining competitive.
However, the current economy makes them essential for a business’s survival. Budget reviews and process
improvements are part of this strategy, but organizations also benefit from a database IDE. This solution
makes database users more efficient by allowing them to perform a variety tasks from a single interface.