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Announcing the General Availability of SQL Compliance Manager 5.9
We are excited to announce the release of SQL Compliance Manager 5.9 SQL Compliance Manager is the industry leading SQL Server auditing solution...
Announcing the General Availability of SQL Safe Backup 8.7.2
We’re excited to announce the release of SQL Safe Backup 8.7.2 SQL Safe Backup provides the industry’s shortest time from starting a SQL Server...
Take a human approach to data governance
Most organizations recognize how important data governance is, although they often fail in their efforts to become driven by data. An investment in...
Migrate databases to Azure SQL Database
There are three distinct approaches organizations can follow to implement Data Governance. There is the command-and-control approach, the...
Announcing The General Availability of DB PowerStudio version 18.1
DB PowerStudio Highlights IDERA DB PowerStudio provides a powerful cross platform toolset for database development, tuning and management in the...
How Precise for Oracle Database can help you
Precise for Oracle Database keeps your Oracle database environment available and performing at peak efficiency. It captures, measures, and analyzes...
Demystify data integrity
When we talk about knowing our data, we do not seem to refer to the term data integrity anymore as part of that conversation. After all, that phrase...
Leveraging WMI (Part 2)
In the previous tip we introduced the PowerShell “SmbShare” module which comes with Windows and enables you to manage file shares. We looked at the...
Tips for data warehouses and other large databases
Whether on-premises or in the cloud, people often ask database administrators to create and manage optimal database designs for data warehouses....
Monitor pragmatically for SLAs and application performance
Watch the webinar “Pragmatic monitoring: Guiding IT with SLA management and application monitoring” by Robert Vandervoort to learn more...
Add health monitoring to performance monitoring
Database administrators must monitor their databases for factors such as availability, health, and performance. However, monitoring also has costs...
Leveraging WMI (Part 1)
In the previous tip we introduced the PowerShell “SmbShare” module which comes with Windows and enables you to manage file shares. We looked at the...
Select the right approach to data governance
There are three distinct approaches organizations can follow to implement Data Governance. There is the command-and-control approach, the...
Consider these database security risks
Database security is perhaps the most important part of an information security program that many people are not paying attention to. Some might...
More Control with Strict Mode
In the previous tip we introduced the PowerShell “SmbShare” module which comes with Windows and enables you to manage file shares. We looked at the...
Monitor the top metrics in MySQL databases
As tables increase in size and more and more users come online, it becomes necessary to fine-tune the database server from time to time. The secret...
Learn about data model behavior
A data model organizes data elements and standardizes their relation to each other and the properties of real-world entities. Edgar F. Codd...
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...
Managing Wi-Fi Profiles
In the previous tip we introduced the PowerShell “SmbShare” module which comes with Windows and enables you to manage file shares. We looked at the...
Avoid common enterprise pitfalls of IT systems monitoring
If applications fail or suffer from low performance levels, then organizations lose revenues and customers. Information Technology (IT) operations...
Be a proactive database administrator
Database administrators are busier than ever these days, so fighting fires is the last thing they want to spend their time doing. A proactive...
Avoid the seven deadly sins of database design
In the data management arena, you may hear from data professionals that if you don’t get the data right, nothing else matters. Several factors...
Automating User Confirmation
In the previous tip we introduced the PowerShell “SmbShare” module which comes with Windows and enables you to manage file shares. We looked at the...