Caucus Issues
The Iowa Caucus Application Malfunction Bad things Happen To Good People and Companies https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/04/iowa-caucus-app-disaster/ If you have participated in a software deployment, then you know how nail biting the production roll out can be. You have tested for everything you ...
Reclaiming Space
Recently I was called into a shop that had a 4 terabyte database, who claimed they didn’t have anywhere near that much data. Upon investigation, they were correct. They had about 100 gig of data, and about 3.9 T of ...
Continuity
Continuity in the IT world means that if we lose a teammate (hopefully only temporarily) that work and life in our environment can still go on. The most important thing to do is to automate everything that you can. Alerts, ...
On-Prem vs Cloud – Where Should You Put Your Data?
For many businesses, it is hard to determine whether online or on-premises storage is the right choice. There are many considerations to take into account, including their benefits and challenges. Let's analyze both options to help companies decide on the ...
So you are going from 1 server to 10, are you ready to Scale your Databases?
Scaling refers to increasing a company's computing resources to manage the exponential growth of work. Simply put, it is the ability of a database to expand the output as load increases. Under heavy loads, the database can slow or even ...
What’s New in MS SQL 2019
Like all previous versions, Microsoft SQL Server 2019 is packed with new features and capabilities. Let's look at some of the most helpful features for database management systems (DBMS). Indexing One of the new capabilities is related to indexing. If ...
How Does Database Performance Affect Your Business?
Database failure could turn into an ordeal for CTOs and IT Managers. Making sure that database systems operate efficiently is a core requirement of modern IT management. Several tools can help database administrators monitor, maintain, and improve the performance of ...
How Does Database Activity Monitoring Work?
According to techopedia.com, database activity monitoring (DAM) is a fairly established technology, existing over a decade, which is in charge of observing, identifying, and reporting a database's activities. DAM tools use real-time security technology to provides alerts and reports to ...
Your Database Audit - What to Expect
Database auditing refers to tracking the use of records and authority. When auditing a database, each operation is monitored and logged to an audit trail, including when or which information on database object or data record that was used. Nonetheless, ...
Data Breach! 5 Signs Your Business Has Been Hacked!
A data breach is a severe issue, and determining whether or not your business has been breached is one of the toughest tasks your company can face. Even though the likelihood is high, you can never really tell if your ...
