The Constant Challenge of SQL Server Security, Part I

Hardware Rarely Solves Database Performance Issues

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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 Announce Historic Cross-Cloud Partnership

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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

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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 DevOps Conversion in Business on the Data Journey

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The following obstacles are the most commonly encountered on the journey to a full Business DevOps conversion and implementation.
The DevOps Conversion in Business on the Data Journey

DevOps vs. Waterfall Model – Key Differences

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The change curve can be a hard hump to overcome, but when you see the signs of efficiency, it moves you towards DevOps Conversion.
The DevOps Conversion in Business on the Data Journey

DevOps and the Spiritual Awakening

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Fortified Data sharing the connection between understanding database services and the importance of considering elements of DevOps.
Monitoring and Managing SQL Server Scheduled Tasks

SQL Server Service Broker—Sending & Receiving

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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

SQL Server Service Broker—Internal Activation

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In this installment of SQL Server Service Broker, we discuss how to automate the processing of received messages through a service program.
Monitoring and Managing SQL Server Scheduled Tasks

SQL Server Service Broker – Networking

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

SQL Server Service Broker – Error Handling

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