#CodingResolutions: Your First Mobile App

Welcome back to the #CodingResolutions series!  In this post, we're going to make sure we have our developer environment set up for Android Development, and then create our first Android app in either C++ or Delphi. Prerequisites:  You should already have downloaded...

Precise for Sybase monitoring & performance

Precise for Sybase monitoring & performance

Precise for Sybase builds a history of activity showing resource consumers.  SQL statements are correlated to stored producers, logins, and programs.  Execution sub-states and waits are measured.  The screens below show a simple example were coding let to high Network...

What to do when the SQL Server service does not start

What to do when the SQL Server service does not start

The executable process that is the SQL Server Database Engine is called the Database Engine service. The Database Engine service is an executable program that runs as a Windows service that can continuously operate without displaying any activity on the computer...

Data Proximity for Data Warehousing Performance

Data Proximity for Data Warehousing Performance

Data Warehousing DBAs usually work with huge tables, often possessing hundreds of millions or even billions of rows. And occasionally, these DBAs might need to perform maintenance that requires either recreating the entire huge table or some of its partitions. For...

Happy 2019! What are your #CodingResolutions?

Happy 2019! Do you have a 2019 New Year’s Resolution for programming? Some popular programming resolutions are: Learn a new programming language. Knowing multiple languages keeps your coding sharp and improves your job prospects by showing you’re adaptable. In RAD...

January 2019 GetIt Package Manager Report

January 2019 GetIt Package Manager Report

New and Updated in December 2018 This is the first GetIt Package Manager report for 2019, where we look back on December 2018. The GetIt Package Manager continues to see new and updated packages supporting the new 10.3 Rio release. More and more of our amazing...

Top metrics to monitor in your MySQL databases

Top metrics to monitor in your MySQL databases

As tables increase in size and more users come online, it becomes increasingly necessary to fine-tune your MySQL database server from time to time. The secret to knowing what adjustments need to be made is to perform regular monitoring. Most databases offer dozens, if...

Business Value Metrics for Data Governance

Business Value Metrics for Data Governance

As data professionals, we recognize and understand the need for data governance, focusing on data quality in particular. We have made some progress in this area, as illustrated by the emergence of the Chief Data Officer role in recent years. However, recent studies...

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