2.  To develop the knowledge and skills to manage and tune database management systems  To provide experience the technologies of a variety of database architectures including: relational, object-oriented, object-relational and multidimensional databases, and to apply this knowledge to DBMS selection according to application requirements  To develop the abilities required to exploit an enterprise’s data resources to maximize business advantage.

3.  Database administration › Data policies › DBMS selection › Data management with XML technologies › Query analysis and tuning › Concurrency management  Business intelligence › Data warehouses and data marts › Multi-dimensional databases › OLAP and data mining  Object database systems › ODMG databases  the object model, ODL and schema design  OQL, query processing and language bindings › Object-Relational Systems  the "universal server"  OO extensions to SQL

4.  Advanced database technology › IBM’S DB2, Microsoft's SQL Server 2005, Matisse  Mix of theory and practice  Assessment › Case study-based integrative assignment (40%) › Exam (60%)