September #SQLChat – Big Data and the DBA

September #SQLChat – Big Data and the DBA

With Big Data only getting bigger, what new technologies and tools should both junior and seasoned DBAs learn to stay relevant? Join IDERA (@Idera_Software) and host Mohammad Darab (@mwdarab) on September 11 at 11AM CT for a community discussion on Big Data and...

How to Make Your Database Administrators More Efficient

How to Make Your Database Administrators More Efficient

The role of a corporate database administrator has evolved tremendously since the introduction of relational databases in the late 1970s. A DBA from the early 1980s would be totally unprepared for the complexities that face database professionals in 2019. It’s a...

Tracking Changes in a Cross-Platform Environment

Tracking Changes in a Cross-Platform Environment

Change is an intrinsic component of an IT professional’s work-life that can manifest itself in many different ways. Completely new paradigms such as cloud computing need to be incorporated into the lexicon and shortly thereafter, a degree of proficiency is...

Alert Overload can Result in Ineffective Monitoring

Alert Overload can Result in Ineffective Monitoring

The monitoring of IT systems is an important practice that should be in place in any complex computing environment. It provides a window into the inner-workings of the systems and applications with which a business or organization operates. The statistics produced by...

Finish at the Top with Data Analytics

Finish at the Top with Data Analytics

Data analytics is an important tool used by many businesses and organizations to gain a competitive edge. Embracing the technique has proven to be valuable and in some cases has led to groundbreaking changes that promise to transform an industry. Using data in new and...

Survival in the Land of Compliance Audits

Survival in the Land of Compliance Audits

As you innocently go about your daily work activities on a Friday afternoon you notice a new email and crack it open. The message is from management and it alerts you to the fact that several of your SQL Server instances are on the list to be included in a compliance...

Problem Queries are Killing Your Database Performance

Problem Queries are Killing Your Database Performance

Tuning database performance is a complicated task that can be a thorn in the side of the database team. There are many interconnected components and environmental aspects that come under consideration when attempting to optimize the performance of your database...

How to improve SQL Server performance with better indexing

How to improve SQL Server performance with better indexing

SQL Server performance is always one of the most challenging subjects. Hard drives are getting cheaper and cheaper, and data is growing exponentially. With this new pattern, we all have a significant challenge. In the database world, though, we now have new problems...

RAD Studio Installer Options

Installing RAD Studio via the online GetIt installer, and packages via the GetIt Package Manager, is restored. Installing RAD Studio Today, we have two installers for Delphi, C++Builder and RAD Studio. Our GetIt, web-based installer, and our offline InstallAware...

Protection for Your SQL Databases in the Cloud

Protection for Your SQL Databases in the Cloud

The cloud computing paradigm offers organizations many business and technical advantages that are driving its popularity. While these benefits may be substantial, migrating or deploying systems and applications to the cloud creates a more diverse and complex...

DBArtisan Tips and Tricks for July

DBArtisan Tips and Tricks for July

The July edition of DBArtisan tips and techniques covered three tips for using DBArtisan. Datasource Navigator SQL Editor Migrating Schema and Data The Datasource Navigator provides a hierarchy that descends from the datasource level to the level of individual...

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