The Challenges of Migrating Oracle to OCI
Migrating Oracle workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) can be a complex process that requires careful planning and execution. Though there are various benefits of migrating Oracle to OCI, there are also some challenges. While there are many benefits to migrating to OCI, there are also several challenges that businesses may encounter during the migration […]
Power BI Datamarts: Bridging the Gap Between IT and Business Users
Introduction to Power BI Datamarts For everyday business function, Power BI Datamarts are positioned to become a strong wielding component to help bridge the gap between business users and the IT team. This new feature in Power BI allows for business users to extract data from different sources, define relationships, and store and explore that […]
SQL Server Upgrades | The Secret To Success Is Planning Ahead
Ask any Database Administrator about why organizations large and small tend to procrastinate about SQL Server upgrades and you’ll hear similar replies: “upgrades are painful, upgrades are difficult,” “everything breaks.” So instead of going through the process of upgrading, they ignore it until it creates a roadblock.
Key Recommendations for Creating a SQL Server Maintenance Plan
Our SQL Server maintenance tips and recommendations will keep your databases healthy. Includes considerations around data protection, index maintenance, data integrity, data patching and more.
Designing a Successful Database Backup Strategy
Ben DeBow and Fortified Data share how to design a successful database backup strategy for troubleshooting system failures.
Hardware Rarely Solves Database Performance Issues
Fortified Data sharing expertise on solving database performance issues and hw hardware upgrades are not always the solution.
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.
DevOps and the Spiritual Awakening
Fortified Data sharing the connection between understanding database services and the importance of considering elements of DevOps.
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.