Benefits of Outsourcing Database Administration
If you are looking for supplemental expertise for the maintenance and support of operational databases, then remote database administration (or database outsourcing) may be what you are looking for, especially outside of normal business hours (24x7). A remote database service ...
How To Increase Database Efficiency
The overall performance of a database depends largely on its efficiency. Many factors can affect efficiency, including how indexes are used, how queries are structured, and how data is modeled. Consequently, making small tweaks to any of these elements can ...
The Goals of Data Governance
In our previous blog post, we discussed data governance and when it is needed (or not). Today, we’ re going to delve in deeper on the goals of data governance. Data Governance Goals Every structured system helps us organize ...
What is Data Governance? How Will it Help?
Data governance is the management of the availability, integrity, usability, and security of the data used in a company. A good governance program includes a set of defined procedures and a plan to execute those procedures. The initial step in ...
Data Breach Protection for Small Business
Cybersecurity is a considerable concern for small businesses, especially given that 58% of data breach victims are small businesses. Cybersecurity Statistics for Small Business 43 percent of small business were victims of a cyber attack. 14 percent of respondents consider ...
AI Databases: What You Need to Know
AI Databases, like all other areas of the industry, are having a massive impact on database management. Major players, such as Microsoft and Oracle, are using AI to monitor database workload patterns and apply automatic tuning continuously. Now’s the time ...
What Is A Database Management System?
A DBMS (database management system) is essentially a computerized data-keeping system. It is a system software used for creating and managing databases. The DBMS provides users with a systematic way to generate, recover, update and manage data. Types of DB ...
How Do Data Breaches Happen?
Data Breaches are a severe problem due to the proliferation of viruses and various types of computer fraud that are continually appearing. These problems arise because some companies do not control what their users do on the Internet and how ...
What To Do With Out-of-Date SQL Servers
As we reach the end of the extended support phase for Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 and SQL Servers 2008/2008 R2 (July 8, 2019, for SQL Server 2008/2008 R2 and January 14, 2020, for Windows Server 2008/2008), we will essentially be ...
Server Migration Planning
If you need to upgrade your Windows server, you need to keep in mind it is not a simple process, and it requires thorough server migration planning. There are many things to consider and steps to follow for the migration ...
