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Announcing the General Availability of IDERA SQL Compliance Manager 6.4
Announcing the General Availability of SQL Safe Backup 8.7.2
We’re excited to announce the release of SQL Safe Backup 8.7.2 SQL Safe Backup provides the industry’s shortest time from starting a SQL Server...
Take a human approach to data governance
Most organizations recognize how important data governance is, although they often fail in their efforts to become driven by data. An investment in...
Migrate databases to Azure SQL Database
There are three distinct approaches organizations can follow to implement Data Governance. There is the command-and-control approach, the...
Announcing The General Availability of DB PowerStudio version 18.1
DB PowerStudio Highlights IDERA DB PowerStudio provides a powerful cross platform toolset for database development, tuning and management in the...
How Precise for Oracle Database can help you
Precise for Oracle Database keeps your Oracle database environment available and performing at peak efficiency. It captures, measures, and analyzes...
Demystify data integrity
When we talk about knowing our data, we do not seem to refer to the term data integrity anymore as part of that conversation. After all, that phrase...
Tips for data warehouses and other large databases
Whether on-premises or in the cloud, people often ask database administrators to create and manage optimal database designs for data warehouses....
Monitor pragmatically for SLAs and application performance
Watch the webinar “Pragmatic monitoring: Guiding IT with SLA management and application monitoring” by Robert Vandervoort to learn more...
Add health monitoring to performance monitoring
Database administrators must monitor their databases for factors such as availability, health, and performance. However, monitoring also has costs...
Select the right approach to data governance
There are three distinct approaches organizations can follow to implement Data Governance. There is the command-and-control approach, the...
Consider these database security risks
Database security is perhaps the most important part of an information security program that many people are not paying attention to. Some might...
Monitor the top metrics in MySQL databases
As tables increase in size and more and more users come online, it becomes necessary to fine-tune the database server from time to time. The secret...
Learn about data model behavior
A data model organizes data elements and standardizes their relation to each other and the properties of real-world entities. Edgar F. Codd...
Deploy and manage complex Azure environments
The data management professionals of today are finding their landscape changing. They have multiple database platforms to manage and need to control...
Avoid common enterprise pitfalls of IT systems monitoring
If applications fail or suffer from low performance levels, then organizations lose revenues and customers. Information Technology (IT) operations...
Be a proactive database administrator
Database administrators are busier than ever these days, so fighting fires is the last thing they want to spend their time doing. A proactive...
Avoid the seven deadly sins of database design
In the data management arena, you may hear from data professionals that if you don’t get the data right, nothing else matters. Several factors...
Benefit from third-party MySQL tools
Adding third-party tools can be an effective method of enhancing software, since they may provide additional features lacking in the original...
Choose between paid and open-source software
The choice between paid and open-source software tools can be a confusing one for decision makers. The promise of obtaining software that can reduce...
Learn about the top 5 data architecture challenges
Data architects face many challenges on a day-to-day basis. Models and associated metadata are the only means by which you can understand and manage...
Design data-intensive cloud native applications
The cloud is transforming the way modern-day applications are being designed. Data is at the center of multiple challenges while architecting...
Announcing General Availability of SQL Admin ToolSet 1.9.6
We are pleased to announce the general availability of SQL Admin Toolset 1.9.6 for our customers. SQL Admin Toolset Highlights IDERA SQL Admin...
The Role of the DBA in 2022: Changes, challenges, and opportunities
The role of the DBA in 2022: Changes, challenges, and opportunities Major technology trends are reshaping the DBA role at many organizations. The...
Which Type of Benefits You Can Avail from Medical Spa Software?
Whenever you organize or own the medical spa services, then it is a need for such a system that efficiently controls spa functions. If your entire...
Object Optimization in Oracle with Precise
Overview Historically problems with application and database performance have often been addressed by upgrading hardware or database or even...
How to monitor the performance of SQL Server’s tempdb system database
The tempdb system database is essential for the performance of SQL Server. The tempdb system database holds temporary user objects, results created...
Keep SQL Server running smoothly – also for Always On
Successful organizations realize the importance of investing in high availability to reduce the impact of downtime when a disaster happens. SQL...
Delphi 27th Birthday #Delphi27th
The 14th of February is soon at hand, and for many around the world, this day symbolises love and affection. Indeed, as a software developer, it has...
10 Uses of a Data Model You May Not Have Thought About
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...
General Availability of SQL Workload Analysis 1.7.0
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...