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GridApp Systems will host the third of a three-part webinar series at 12 p.m. EDT Tuesday, May 23 entitled "The Path to Self-Management: Database Automation and Provisioning". The free webinar will discuss how organizations can create a self-managed, scalable database infrastructure using automation. DBA Managers and other infrastructure leaders can register for the webinar here. Those attending the webinar will learn how to: - Automate routine database management tasks, including patching, provisioning and version upgrades - Set standards, alerting systems and service level agreements (SLAs) that can be managed across a heterogeneous database infrastructure, encompassing Oracle,DB2, Sybase, MySQL and SQL Server - Simplify complex distributed database management, including Oracle RAC Presented by Matthew Zito, chief scientist for GridApp Systems, the "Closed-Loop Database Management" series has addressed how the establishment of a cross-platform, overarching view of the entire database infrastructure is the first critical step to comprehensive and secure database management. Database management includes enforcing standard operating procedures, assuring adequate compliance and establishing a more automated, self-managed database infrastructure.