Those who focus on data management have, for decades, driven the industry toward consolidation of databases under a philosophy that tighter coupling means greater efficiency and consistency.

几十年来，那些关注数据管理的人，在紧耦合意味着更好的效率和一致性的哲学下，驱使行业不断合并数据库。

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Data pros are adopting cloud computing concepts to offer databases as a service—easing management burdens and sending users to cloud nine.

数据处理专业人员正在采用云计算概念来提供数据库即服务（databases as a service） -- 减轻管理负担并为用户带来乐趣。

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IBM Optim provides a solution to streamline test data management, making it easier and faster to create "right-sized" test databases that accurately reflect end-to-end business processes.

IBM Optim为流线化测试数据的管理提供一个解决方案，从而更快、更轻松地创建能够反映端到端业务流程的适当测试数据库。

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Rob Gardos, chief executive of GridApp Systems, a company that helps automate the deployment, configuration and management of databases, says that one large data center he encountered took 18 months to fully install an Oracle quarterly security patch across the enterprise.

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