Thursday, May 5, 2011

Database Management Systems- Backbone of the Organization

Database management system is a well designed software that is capable of carrying a plethora of tasks including the prerequisite facilities for enabling the user to access as well as modify the info stored in the database. The customer database serves as an intermediate link between the company and the end user. Therefore, the companies realize the importance of organizing and maintain there customer details to grab greater in future. Today numerous companies make use of robust database management systems for handling their databases in an organized manner.
Main Functions of Database Management System:
ü  Such systems free the users from the responsibility of location and organization of information. The best part about such systems is that they save the programmers from complicated hardware level details.
ü  These systems can not only organize specific processes but can also present info elements effectively from the user database.
ü  Not only do they help in speeding the process of programming but also allow the programmer to pay more attention towards the application logic.
ü  These systems are inculcated with user friendly and interactive query languages that can be easily understood even by a non-programming user.
The basic services offered by a competent database management system include:
ü  Authorization services such as stopping the database, starting the database, logging to database management system, etc.
ü  such as Rollback, Recovery, etc
ü  Effective export and import of information
ü  Data dictionary maintenance
ü  Monitoring the users
Benefits of Using Database Management Solutions:
ü  Control over data redundancy: The group of every user maintains its own database programs and the situation often leads to file duplication, unnecessary consumption of storage space, generation of errors, wastage of time in entering same records again and again, needless use of computer resources and difficulty in combining data.
ü  Purging of inconsistency
ü  Improved services to users
ü  Augmented system flexibility
ü  Improvement in system's integrity
ü  Easy enforcement of standards
ü  Achievement of improved security
ü  Easy identification of specific requirements
ü  Low cost of overall system development and management
ü  Development of data model
ü  Providers Recovery and backup


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