Monitoring Oracle Exadata with Precise

Precise provides a rich toolset to monitor Oracle Exadata. Oracle Exadata provides significant improvements in accessing the data in tables quickly for certain types of workload and is beneficial in many BI applications. The issue is how do you identify your...

Tinker, Tailor, Developer, DBA

Tinker, Tailor, Developer, DBA is not intended as a pitch on a slightly less harrowing book or movie than the John Le Carre classic.   Rather, it is a consideration of the career progressions of those working in and around SQL Server and how that progression...

Backup and Restore of Windows Azure SQL Databases

Backup and Restore of Windows Azure SQL Databases

A growing number of companies have already moved some level of applications and data to the cloud. An equally growing number of companies are still investigating and discussing the what, where and how to move to the cloud. Whichever platform you choose, as the DBA,...

Your new job as a DBA

Your new job as a DBA

Are you a database administrator who just started a new job? Have you just taken administrator responsibilities for a new business unit’s databases? Having a right plan for the first week of your new job as a database administrator, whether you are a highly...

Cybelesoft – Thinfinity Virtual UI for Delphi

Embarcadero Technology Partner Spotlight Cybelesoft - Thinfinity Virtual UI for Delphi Gustavo Ricardi - CYBELE SOFTWARE, INC. Friday, March 20, 2015 http://www.cybelesoft.com/ YouTube video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBbKKPy32S8 Thinfinity VirtualUI empowers...

ER/Studio MetaWizard Does The Magic!

Often times you would hear about moving objects from one Data Modeling platform to another for various reasons. Embarcadero's Meta-Wizard enables users of ER/Studio to achieve this Magic! Here is a sample Video showcasing a simple Export to IBM Cognos Framework...

Agent vs. Agentless Monitoring

With a unified IT monitoring solution like up.time one of the more popular discusses we have with users is agent versus agentless monitoring.  In this blog I wanted to capture some of the relevant discussion points in an effort to help those that are having this...

New SQL Suites available now!

Today Idera announces a set of three exciting new bundles in addition to its existing popular SQL Management Suite (formerly called SQL Suite). These suites contain handy tools designed to help DBAs tackle complementary tasks more effectively as part of their daily...

Team DBA and Collaboration

Team DBA and Collaboration

In previous blog posts I have explored the relevance of the DBA position itself in business  and the unique ways that SQL Server DBAs tend to fall into their positions.   After mulling over those topics I found myself considering the varying...

Converting A List of Identifiers into SQL Statements

Converting A List of Identifiers into SQL Statements

If I had a nickel for every time someone gave me a list of identifiers and asked me to pull a result set for them I would be a very wealthy man. Over the years this is an endless request. I used to use several different tools like excel for example to convert the list...

Resurrection of SQL with Big Data and Hadoop

Did you really think that SQL was going away? Attend this session to learn how SQL is a vital part of the next generation of data environments. Find out how you can use your existing SQL tools in the big data ecosystem. This is a video replay from the DataU Online...

Overlapping Filter Application?

How do overlapping filters get handled by Compliance Manager. For example, I want a general filter that brings in anything from domainuser1 for all sql servers, but I also want an additional filter on a single SQL Server to also bring in only entries from domainuser2...

The Top Productivity Solution for DBAs

Why has Monster Energy drink become standard operating equipment for DBAs? Join us for a hard-hitting look at the state-of-the-union for DBAs, what to expect in the future and caffeine-free ideas for short-term success. This is a video replay from the DataU Online...