Often we hear from customers that they get so many alarms they don't have time to sort through them. The monitoring system they use fires too many alerts, and they just end up ‘white noise’ instead of actionable items. Are you getting too many alerts…

I had a question recently from a customer. They were asking how to keep track of inactive SQL Server instances in Foglight so that the data can be removed. A flip side of this would be to check what instances they have being monitored vs. what is sup…

In a world where data availability and integrity are paramount to the success of an organization, IT administrators are always looking for the best way to secure their data and keep the business running. One essential component of this strategy is b…

In most organizations, the stakes are high in the ongoing fight to keep technical infrastructures from hurting business. The infrastructure can’t be the reason a business flails or fails.  

Think about your organization, and all the mechanizations…

Despite most of the market shifting to Microsoft Office 365 and even Google Apps to some extent, there are still many organizations running IBM Lotus Notes for email, calendaring and line-of-business applications and collaboration.

However, the clock…

So we’re finally here, it’s hockey season again.  The training camps have concluded and positions are set.  The cold weather in the north is setting in and time lace up the pond skates.  Each player has a responsibility and...

I get this question at least once a month and it has to do with transferring Toad for Oracle user settings from one version to an updated version. When you install a new version of the Toad for Oracle 2016 Suite, the installer does a side-by-side installation…

Toad Turnpike: Real Stories from the Road I’m starting a blog series about our Toad solution family, and how it’s changed lives for almost 20 years now.

When you use Migration Manager for Active Directory/Exchange to migrate to Office 365 you will manage the project using 2 software consoles “Migration Manager for AD (Office 365)” and “Migration Manager”. There are 2 main phases when you migrate your…

IT professionals today have a great deal on their plate. They are responsible for servers, applications, storage, networking, security, etc. Throw in a Cloud initiative, BYOD, managing a diverse array of endpoints like smartphones and its easy to se…

I had the pleasure of presenting, along with my colleague Anat Dror, on the SQL Server 2016 Query Store at the PASS Summit last week, and the interest level was phenomenal.  It's clear that this is a feature that DBA's are really eager about giving a spin…