Oracle and Microsoft Announce Historic Cross-Cloud Partnership

Oracle and Microsoft announced a partnership this month, and it’s an exciting evolution for enterprises who are in both SQL Server and Oracle environments.
MySpace – an unfortunate disaster recovery failure

When there’s an outage, such as a server which dies or data corruption, there must be transparency. The explanation from MySpace thus far is vague, at best.
The DevOps Conversion in Business on the Data Journey

The following obstacles are the most commonly encountered on the journey to a full Business DevOps conversion and implementation.
DevOps vs. Waterfall Model – Key Differences

The change curve can be a hard hump to overcome, but when you see the signs of efficiency, it moves you towards DevOps Conversion.
DevOps and the Spiritual Awakening

Fortified Data sharing the connection between understanding database services and the importance of considering elements of DevOps.
SQL Server Service Broker—Sending & Receiving

a native messaging and queueing technology built into the SQL Server Database Engine. In this installment, we discuss sending and receiving messages.
SQL Server Service Broker—Internal Activation

In this installment of SQL Server Service Broker, we discuss how to automate the processing of received messages through a service program.
SQL Server Service Broker – Networking

Fortified Data discusses SQL Server networking and routing components for Service Broker – communicating and synchronizing data across systems
SQL Server Service Broker – Error Handling

In this installment, we discuss SQL Server error handling in Service Broker applications and a noir-sounding concept – the poison message.
SQL Server Service Broker – Conversation Architecture

We introduce Service Broker’s conversation architecture. Conversations are part of everyday life. We have them with our partner, our coworkers, our friends.