There are several examples where data theft has halted businesses or resulted in bad press that will leave a tarnished image. For instance, in 2017,...
Key Insights into Ensuring SQL Server Security with These Practices
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Improve SQL Server Usage Management and Efficiency
If your organization deals with a high volume of customer data, telemetry, or other metrics, it’s likely you'll have some substantial databases to...
Get French Holidays
I saw this blog post and I decided to publish this one for France. Here is a PowerShell function that gets all French holidays…
Compliance and Backup Strategy: A Closer Look at the Connection
The Intersection of Compliance and Digital Data Organizations of all sizes and shapes must comply with government and industry regulations. Some...
Macros – Using macros to create Data Vault objects
Some years ago, Sultan shared a post regarding Data Vault modeling with ER/Studio. I strongly recommend to read it before this one. The different Data…
Announcing the General Availability of IDERA SQL Compliance Manager 6.1
Introducing IDERA SQL Compliance Manager 6.1: The Latest Release of Our Leading SQL Server Auditing Solution SQL Compliance Manager is the leading...
Mastering the Complexities of Analytics for Big Data in Healthcare, Part 2
In Part 1, we discussed the properties of big data and how it affects the data gathered in the healthcare industry. Here we go over methods for...
Announcing the General Availability of IDERA SQL Secure 4.3
We are excited to announce the general availability of IDERA SQL Secure 4.3. IDERA SQL Secure empowers users to identify vulnerabilities in SQL...
Macros – Sample macros to import Logical and Physical Data Models from Microsoft Visio to ER/Studio Data Architect
Visio can draw charts, plans and diagrams. Some people have used Visio to create their Logical and/or Physical Data Models and they would like to…
Mastering the Complexities of Analytics for Big Data in Healthcare, Part 1
Analytics for big data has rapidly become indispensable for nearly all clinical and operational processes in the healthcare industry. Such functions...
Announcing the General Availability of IDERA SQL SAFE Backup 9.2
Introducing IDERA SQL SAFE Backup 9.2: The Latest Release of Our Leading SQL Server Backup Solution IDERA SQL Safe Backup is a comprehensive...
Migrating SQL Server to Azure SQL Database
Migrating SQL Server to Azure SQL Database provides essential benefits. Such advantages include the following: lower cost by shifting expenses from...
Deploy and manage complex Azure environments
The data management professionals of today are finding their landscape changing. They have multiple database platforms to manage and need to control...
How to Maintain Security Compliance to Prevent a Costly Breach
As businesses and government organizations shift a growing amount of their operations online, data security has become an increasingly important...
Visually compare data in MySQL
As with any database, there are many ways to compare the data within a MySQL database. We can compare data for: Accuracy: If we entered the data...
Learn more about database migrations
Many information technology professionals may not recognize it, but the bulk of their work has been and continues to be nothing more than database...
Monitor top metrics in MySQL databases
How MySQL databases perform can affect your organization. For example, if your site takes too long to load or has too many server errors, it can...
Tips for data warehouses and other extensive databases
Whether on-premises or in the cloud, organizations often ask database administrators to create and manage optimal database designs for data...
DBTA 100 2023: The Companies That Matter Most in Data
The need to balance data safety with new data initiatives, deliver business value, and change company culture around data tops this year’s list of...
Become a SQL Server Management Studio Hero
The world is full of exciting challenges, and we are constantly running daily, chasing our dreams. Especially in the software ecosystem, it is not...
Synchronize MySQL data
Lost your work because you forgot to back it up? Having your database developers do a mountain of work in a short time frame is not the best way to...
Work with and support multiple database platforms
In the ever-changing world of technology, we sometimes inherit environments with multiple database platforms and must continue to manage them. This...
How did the database administrator role change in 2022?
Organizations are experiencing the effects of rapid technological advancement across every sector and industry, causing them to rely on secure and...
Design data intensive cloud native applications
The cloud is transforming the way modern-day applications are being designed. Data is at the center of multiple challenges while architecting...