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Announcing the General Availability of IDERA SQL Compliance Manager 6.1
Introducing IDERA SQL Compliance Manager 6.1: The Latest Release of Our Leading SQL Server Auditing Solution SQL Compliance Manager is the leading...
Mastering the Complexities of Analytics for Big Data in Healthcare, Part 2
In Part 1, we discussed the properties of big data and how it affects the data gathered in the healthcare industry. Here we go over methods for...
Mastering the Complexities of Analytics for Big Data in Healthcare, Part 1
Analytics for big data has rapidly become indispensable for nearly all clinical and operational processes in the healthcare industry. Such functions...
Announcing General Availability of DB PowerStudio (DBPS) version 18.4
We are pleased to announce the general availability of DB PowerStudio version 18.4! IDERA’s DB PowerStudio provides a powerful cross-platform...
SQL Server Security: Always Encrypted
Always Encrypted (AE) is a feature Microsoft introduced to SQL Server 2016. This post will provide an overview of AE and talk about how it can be...
SQL Diagnostic Manager 12.0 General Availability
We are pleased to announce the general availability of SQL Diagnostic Manager 12.0. Existing users may upgrade to this version through the Idera...
Announcing General Availability of DB PowerStudio, version 18.2
IDERA’s DB PowerStudio provides a powerful cross-platform toolset for database development, tuning and database management. What's new in DB...
Announcing General Availability of SQL Inventory Manager 2.6.3
We’re excited to announce the release of SQL Inventory Manager 2.6.3 Database administrators need a simple, efficient way to discover, document, and...
Exclude SQL Log messages from Idera Alerts for 'SQL Server Error Log' Alert
Need to able to exclude certain SQL Error log messages from triggering Idera Alerts. These feature is useful to reduce unnecessary alert...
Identify and Tune SQL Queries in a few clicks with PRECISE
With PRECISE you can identify and tune your problem SQL queries in a few clicks. PRECISE tells you what are your heaviest SQL queries and identifies...
Monitor the performance of your Tables and Indexes with PRECISE
In addition to monitoring your SQL queries, Programs and Stored Procedures PRECISE can also monitor the performance of your Tables and Indexes....
Announcing the General Availability of Aqua Data Studio verson 22.1
We are excited to announce the General Availability of Aqua Data Studio, Version 22.1! Aqua Data Studio is the industry leading...
Database performance monitoring – use the 80/20 rule with PRECISE
More than 80% of performance issues are due to poor application or database design. To identify those performance issues you need a tool that...
PRECISE – a performance monitoring approach that resolves issues quicker
Where do you start when monitoring the performance of your database? There are many different methodologies to help you. You could look at the...
SQL Server Focused Sessions at IDERA Live
IDERA Live takes place on Wednesday, October 6th, and Thursday, October 7th. The annual program is made up of multiple presentations that cover a...
How to Protect Your Business with Internal SQL Server Compliance Audits
SQL Server compliance audits play a key role in keeping your SQL Server instances - and the rest of your organization - secure. Many...
Let the Doctor Fix Your Ailing SQL Server Performance
Microsoft SQL Server is one of the most popular database management systems (DBMS) in the world. As a result of its popularity, many...
Top 5 Reasons for Slow SQL Server Queries and How to Fix Them
Slow SQL Server Queries are a common issue among database administrators (DBAs). You would be hard-pressed to find a SQL Server DBA who was not...
SQL Server Security: Always Encrypted
Always Encrypted (AE) is a feature Microsoft introduced to SQL Server 2016. This post will provide an overview of AE and talk about how it can be...
Announcing Precise 10.3.1 General Availability
We are pleased to announce the release of Precise 10.3.1, the leading database and application performance monitoring platform. What's New...
Threading The CPU
From a slang term for the clothes you wear, through what makes up those clothes, to how a computer process work, they are all called threads. In...
Performance Tuning vs. Query Tuning
We are going to get right to it and not bury the lead here, query tuning is not the same thing as performance tuning. Now there are certainly...
The One Configuration Change to Make on All SQL Server Instances
With every fresh SQL Server installation, there are several default configuration changes you probably consider. For instance, you should probably...