Aqua Data Studio's Powerful Data Grid

Aqua Data Studio's Powerful Data Grid

One of the most overlooked powerful features in Aqua Data Studio is the Data Grid. The data grid can double your productivity with Data Management. No matter where the data resides, whether in a relational, cloud, document store, or an Excel source, Aqua Data Studio...

Learn more about SQL Server statistics

Learn more about SQL Server statistics

Statistics, or “stats,” are fundamental components of SQL Server performance, but vastly under-appreciated and misunderstood. They are at the core of query optimization and can have a tremendous effect on query plan selection. The query optimizer uses...

How to balance database security versus database performance

How to balance database security versus database performance

The security of any database can be improved. However, that likely degrades the performance of the database. The cost increases to improve database security while maintaining database performance. That is, the trade-off consists of three axes: Performance, security,...

How to Find and Fix SQL Server Deadlocks

How to Find and Fix SQL Server Deadlocks

Introduction Locking is required for concurrent operations of relational databases to prevent data inconsistency and loss. However, locking impairs the performance of databases. Moreover, the locking process is often complicated. Deadlocks occur when concurrent...

GDPR vs CCPA – A Quick Look

GDPR vs CCPA – A Quick Look

On June 28th, 2018, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).  It will go into effect on January 1, 2020. Guidelines must be followed for any company who wishes to collect data on California residents. Some of the law may be adapted before...

Level Up Your UI Design Skills

Level Up Your UI Design Skills

You’re short on time, and cash, so where can you go to learn new skills to improve your app UIs? There are a ton of free, or nearly free, on-demand resources if you know where to look.   Enroll in free, or inexpensive, Online Courses: I love taking classes from...

Touch-Friendly Navigation for Mobile Apps

Touch-Friendly Navigation for Mobile Apps

Over 20% of users abandon an application after using it the first time (per Localytics). How can you design your mobile app to avoid being one of these casualties? Start out by designing your application with mobile in mind. You can’t just replicate your desktop...

These are a few of my Favorite Macros!

These are a few of my Favorite Macros!

Howdy! ER/Studio Users, Prospective Users and Data Modeling Enthusiasts.. In this short blog post , I would like to list out some of my Favorite ER/Studio Macros in the product. Auto Create Data Dictionary - This macro will enable one to kickstart your Data...

How To Design a Great UI – Part 3

How To Design a Great UI – Part 3

Welcome back! This is the third post on a series on practical UI design, an approach to creating usable, good-looking UIs when you are not a UX expert. In Part 1, we looked at some basic principles of UI design, a typical UI design workflow, what it means for a UI to...

We’ll See You at PASS Summit 2018!

We’ll See You at PASS Summit 2018!

It’s that time of year again! IDERA is excited to see everyone at PASS Summit 2018! This year’s summit will take place from November 6th-9th at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington. The exhibit hall will be open from...

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