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Prepare for the Worst, Hope for the Best
If you have spent any time in the IT world, you probably know that things do not always go according to plan. In fact, at times it seems that everything that can go wrong does. While this characteristic of information technology may can help alleviate the boredom that...
Cloud Day 2–Understanding Cloud Storage
Welcome to the Cloud Day 2—in this series you will learn about some slightly more advanced topics in the public cloud. We’re going to go beyond just deploying a VM with SQL Server installed or deploying an Azure SQL Database. Some of the topics will relate...
How did an IT consulting firm save time and money on performance fine tuning for SQL Server?
When companies are looking for a SQL Expert to help with performance challenges, they turn to Oregon-based consulting firm Lake IT for experienced SQL DBAs. The owner, Pete Chiboucas, has more than 30 years of experience in networking, IT, and server management. His...
Don’t Fear the Robot Database Administrators
Nightmares about automation can conjure up images of shiny robots toiling away tirelessly without ever making an error or requiring a break. At first, they are relegated to performing menial and repetitive tasks that can easily be programmed. Over time, these robots...
How did a healthcare company in South Africa fix a slow and erratic SQL Server?
An IT company that deals with the healthcare industry in South Africa develop a variety of software products, which cover a wide range of services. One of the products uses SQL Server, which services a large client base. Clients connect using web services and...
What do IDERA’s customers have to say about SQL Doctor?
Are you curious about who the customers of SQL Doctor are in terms of the organization, industry, and country? What is the size and the deployment model of their SQL Server environment are? And what do these customers have to say about SQL Doctor in terms of the team...
Why You Should Consolidate Your SQL Server Environment
Microsoft’s SQL Server is one of the most widely-used relational database solutions on the planet. Due to its popularity, there are numerous examples of SQL Server environments that are run efficiently as well as some that illustrate less than optimal use of...
How are you tuning the performance of SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, and Amazon RDS for SQL Server?
SQL Doctor diagnoses and provides the cure for what ails SQL Server on premise, in the cloud, and as a managed cloud database. Collect performance information, analyze it, and determine the resolution in minutes rather than hours. Leverage proven industry best...
How to Handle Unexpected Issues During Cloud Migration
A common issue that affects many areas of the IT world is that things often do not go as smoothly as anticipated. Despite the best efforts that teams make at planning a system upgrade or migration, there is almost always a situation where Murphy’s Law comes into...
Are You Willing to Pay the Price of Non-Compliance?
Data privacy is a hot topic in the world of information technology and promises to remain so for the foreseeable future. As the shift continues to a more digital society, the importance of the privacy of personal information stored in corporate databases will only...
Installing Precise in an AWS or Azure environment
Precise provides support for AWS and Azure. We have provided support for AWS and Azure since Precise 9.9. (June 2018) The Precise framework can be installed on AWS and Azure as well as monitoring VMs in those environments. To install Precise is straight forward,...
Announcing the General Availability of SQL Secure 3.4
We are pleased to announce the general availability of SQL Secure 3.4. Customers can access the new version via the IDERA Customer Portal. New customers can access the trial version via the IDERA website. SQL Secure is the industry-leading, state of the art...
The Problem of Data Breaches Shows No Signs of Slowing Down
An unfortunate and common problem that is encountered just about everywhere in the world is the theft of valuable items from their owners by individuals who can best be described as criminals. It’s a recurring theme that may be an intrinsic aspect of human...
Welcome to the SQL Server Query Store
The current situation we all face with the COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult or impossible for many individuals to visit their favorite local stores. If the businesses are open, precautions need to be taken by both the proprietors and customers to ensure...
You Need A Reliable Strategy for Protecting Data Resources
Today’s database administrator (DBA) has many responsibilities related to protecting and maintaining access to enterprise data resources. There are many diverse tasks and activities required to keep databases up and running smoothly. They range from the mundane,...
Key Target Platforms Update
I wanted to share some interesting data following a recent presentation looking into Modern Windows development. 75% of Windows Desktops use Windows 10! Source: https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-201709-202009 Windows 10...
Who is Responsible and Accountable for a Data Breach?
One of the benefits of forming a corporation is that it provides a level of protection for the individuals who are making decisions regarding the operations and practices of the business or enterprise. In many cases where corporate actions are responsible for problems...
Announcing The General Availability of DB PowerStudio 17.1
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 “SmbShare” noun which represents local folders that you share on a network. Today we’re looking at the “SbmMapping”...
Do You Know How Many SQL Servers You Have?
It’s a pretty straightforward question that many database teams may have difficulty answering. For multiple reasons, it may become necessary to get a handle on how many SQL Servers are in an environment and where the instances are located. In a complex IT...
Lessons Learned From 3 Years in the Trenches with AWS
Since the time of our founding, IDERA has been using Amazon Web Services (AWS). It was critical to us to use cloud technologies to build our product, as it too would be running in the cloud. Before deciding on AWS, we evaluated many different cloud technology...