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IDERA Nominated for 2020 DBTA Readers' Choice Awards
Tell the world how much you love IDERA database tools! We are proud to announce IDERA is nominated across multiple categories in the...
Why is database backup compression better than file deduplication?
Database administrators often argue with their storage administrators about not compressing database backups. Storage Administrators state that they...
Best Practices to Protect and Backup Your SQL Servers
One of the most important jobs a DBA has is keeping their databases safe and protected. While performance is a critical factor in database...
Is Your Company Prepared for Cyberattacks?
It’s very easy for IT professionals to become insulated from world events as they strive to keep their company’s computer systems...
Announcing the GA Release of SQL Safe Backup 8.6
We are pleased to announce the general availability of SQL Safe Backup 8.6. IDERA SQL Safe Backup provides a mission-critical backup and recovery...
Why Compressing Database Backups Makes Good Sense
Admittedly, it would be nice if all members of the IT team had the same goals when performing their jobs. While the overriding concern of all...
Who uses IDERA’s products and what is their experience?
Are you curious about who the customers of IDERA Database Tools are in terms of the type of organization, industry, and country? And are you...
What do customers have to say about SQL Safe Backup?
Are you curious about who the customers of SQL Safe Backup are in terms of the type of organization, industry, and country? And are you...
Effectively Conquer Ransomware Attacks With Database Backups
Hackers have been around since there were computer systems available to attack. Some of these individuals engage in the practice purely for...
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...
Announcing the General Availability of SQL Safe Backup 8.5.2
We are pleased to announce the general availability of SQL Safe Backup 8.5.2. Existing users may upgrade to this version through the IDERA Customer...
The Advantages of Using SQL Safe Backup with TSM
Backing up the SQL databases for which they are responsible is one of the most important functions of a DBA. While streamlining performance might be...
Deploying the SQLcompliance Agent in a Failover Cluster Environment Using a Powershell Script
Background A few months ago, I spoke to one of our SQL Safe Backup customers that had a very large SQL Server environment. In an effort to...
Do not leave your most valuable backups to chance
Backing up SQL Server databases is one of the most critical tasks that database administrators perform in their SQL Server environments every day....
Database Backup & Restore – Free Resources
World Backup Day This year, World Backup Day was on Sunday, March 31, 2019. Per my blog post from two years ago “Guidelines for Backup and Recovery...
How to backup and restore SQL Server in the cloud
As organizations migrate their data to the cloud, database administrators need to consistently manage data on-premise and in the cloud with existing...
Top SQL Server Backup mistakes and how to avoid them
Backing up SQL Server databases is one of the most critical tasks that database administrators perform in their SQL Server environments every day....
Virtual Machine Snapshots versus Database Backups
Virtual Machine Snapshots Virtual machines provide exciting possibilities concerning backup, recovery, and cloning of databases. Convenient...
Quickly deliver relevant data to the right people to improve DevOps
Challenge As the number of projects for developing applications increases, organizations struggle with quality assurance, release management, and...
Addressing License DLL Issues in SQL Safe Backup
IDERA has recently updated the license library for all the products. In some situations, customers may see a license prompt upon launching the...
Instantly Access Data in Backup Files to Improve Database Continuity
SQL Server databases are often repositories for large volumes of business-critical data. As the sizes of databases grow, restore operations become...
May the 4th Be With You!
Do. Or do not. There is no try. May the 4th is National Star Wars Day and IDERA is excited to celebrate. Keep your database universe Safe with the...
World Backup Day on Friday, March 31, 2017
World Backup Day is a day for everyone to learn about the increasing role of data in our lives and how important regular backups are. This day is...