Database connections are the lifeblood of enterprise applications, administrating the secure and steady flow of information between corporate applications and their persistent relational databases. Optimizing these connections can usher in widespread improvements in information management and improvements in server and network resource utilization.

The Essentials Series: Optimizing Database Connection Performance examines the architecture, resource utilization and scalability of the three most prevalent database connection technologies: Managed .Net, Open Database Connectivity and Java Database Connectivity. It examines the common point of optimization these technologies share and highlights the distinctive challenges that each technology faces to optimize the vital flow of information with the enterprise. These expert articles will help developers, software architects, IT professionals and technologist decipher the characteristics they require for their enterprise database connectivity requirements and provide a critical frame work for making informed choices when choosing and implementing database connectivity software.