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Why You Should Choose MySQL as Your Database Platform
The tremendous amount of data that businesses need to assimilate is increasing daily. Information streams from the Internet of Things (IoT),...
Installing PowerShell Core
As you probably know, Windows PowerShell (the one shipping in Windows) is done, and all efforts go into development of the new cross-platform...
Real Benefits of a Unified Database Management Solution
The sheer quantity of data that an organization is required to manage to stay competitive is growing every day. Big data and the Internet of Things...
Protecting Your MySQL Servers From Ransomware
A constant in the computing world is that it is always evolving and offering new challenges and opportunities. Software solutions come and go with...
Finding Public IP Address
Here is a one-liner that retrieves your current public IP address: PS> Invoke-RestMethod -Uri http://ipinfo.io ip : 87.153.224.209 hostname :...
How to properly set up SQL Server clusters
Windows Failover Clustering can keep your SQL Server databases online and your end users happy when hardware or operating system problems strike....
Problems That Influence Efficient Enterprise IT Management
Managing Enterprise IT environments can be an overwhelming undertaking. The complexity that has been introduced by virtualization and the cloud make...
Real-Time Log Processing
PowerShell comes with a powerful yet simple way of monitoring file changes. Let’s assume you have a log file that changes every now and then....
Protect Your Databases From Password Attacks
Cybersecurity is a major concern for organizations and businesses in all sectors of society. The predominance of digitally stored information...
A One-Stop Solution to SQL Coding Problems
A One-Stop Solution to SQL Coding Problems One of the challenges a DBA must deal with on a daily basis is negotiating the multiple database...
Why Would You Want to Reverse Engineer a Database?
Hearing the term reverse engineering can conjure up many different images in the mind of the listener. It has rather murky connotations due to some...
Effectively Conquer Ransomware Attacks With Database Backups
Hackers have been around since there were computer systems available to attack. Some of these individuals engage in the practice purely for...
Detecting Storage Issues
In Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016, PowerShell can access storage reliability data so you can find out whether there is something wrong with one...
MySQL Security Basics
Full security requires security of the network, hosts, databases, and applications. Most of these are the same, regardless of which database vendor...
Manage SLAs Effectively and Save Your Company Money
IT providers need to have a clear understanding of how their customers expect a particular service or system component to be delivered. There are a...
What are the MySQL Metrics That Really Make a Difference?
MySQL is one of the most popular relational database platforms in the world. As such, it is used as the backend of many mission-critical...
Resetting Winsock
PowerShell can execute internal PowerShell commands and also regular console commands, so it’s not a bad thing to continue to use console...
Elevated Privileges Can Cripple Your Business
A week rarely goes by without reports of a business or organization being afflicted by a data breach. It has almost become commonplace to read about...
What are MySQL Database Engines?
If you’re new to MySQL, you’ve probably run into a term you haven’t seen before: Database engines. Database engines (also called...
Using Awesome Export-Excel Cmdlet (Part 5)
This is part 5 of our mini-series about the awesome and free “ImportExcel” PowerShell module by Doug Finke. Make sure you install the...
How to Provide Compliance Evidence to Auditors
There’s no getting around it. The only way to satisfy the demands of auditors and demonstrate your organization’s compliance with the...
Using MySQL SHOW Commands for Performance Monitoring
MySQL SHOW Commands Different database vendors provide different ways of querying the engine to determine status, sessions, configuration, and other...
Generate Increased Stakeholder Confidence with Visual Data
The massive amounts of data that are generated by an organization’s databases and computing systems offer a wealth of information to be used...