As part of most any database monitoring software evaluation, it includes comparing that software to similar solutions. Logically, it often means doing head-to-head comparisons to database tools that come bundled with that particular DBMS. Regularly, I…

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We have all done it. We think we know the lyrics to a song. We sing them passionately….and incorrectly. Here are a few classics.

• “Excuse me while I kiss this guy”. Correct lyric: “Excuse…

All is well. Megan is having a good day. She’s a SQLServer DBA and her environment is humming along. Then…. someone drops a critical table bringing efficient data retrieval to a screeching halt. Now what? It’s a weekday morning and business…

What’s that you say? You think it may not be appropriate that a technology blog dive into politics?

Agreed. Instead, this blog highlights the breadth of Administration capabilities available in Foglight for Postgres.

Administration options are available…

This blog series discusses each of the ‘tabs’ that can be found on the Database Home page in Foglight for Oracle. These monitoring options come included at no additional cost and illustrate how broad and complete Foglight is as an Oracle monitoring solution…

This blog series discusses each of the ‘tabs’ that can be found on the Database Home page in Foglight for Oracle.

Part 1 of the blog covers Foglight’s monitoring for Oracle’s Data Guard.

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April 15, 2019.....Let’s give a shout out to all those men and women running the Boston Marathon today.

Man, running for that long must be taxing. Taxing…..wait…what day is it again?

So, as my way of giving a nod to long runners,…

Hold on, grammar and spelling enthusiasts. Already, you might be thinking, did he mean ‘Complementary’ or ‘Complimentary’? The answer? YES. This blog series focuses on additional Oracle monitoring capabilities beyond monitoring the Oracle instance…’complementary…

One of the many ways to improve database performance is to tune SQL queries running in your environment. Two primary reasons for tuning are:

1. Minimize Response Time – End users who are interacting with data want that data as quickly as possible. It may…

So, you’ve downloaded and installed an evaluation of Spotlight Enterprise. Good news…it comes with a 30-day evaluation license key! Spotlight is fully functional (not limited trial functionality). It simply expires after the 30 days. There are a couple…

Online sales on Cyber Monday have exceeded 3 billion dollars in the past couple of years. This trend is not likely to reverse course. More of us are shopping online more regularly. We purchase items online, in part, because it is often more convenient…