As the old saying goes, “the one constant in life is change”, and this is especially true in database environments.  There are many reasons why database environments experience change whether it be through typical maintenance efforts such…

DevOps has been pervasive within Application Development for several years, but the database environment is so different and sensitive in nature, making database development a barrier to an end-to-end DevOps strategy.

The most important element of DevOps…

“The most significant business benefit of DevOps is faster delivery of features.”

If most of the people you asked about DevOps told you that, wouldn’t it be worth a try?

Think of how much innovation DevOps adoption could introduce to…

If we’ve learned anything from the cinematic achievement that is all 72 Fast and Furious films, it’s that high-stakes operations can quickly go awry with the slightest technical glitch. Staying ahead of the competition requires agility and rapid…

Database developers: Does it feel as though everyone else gets the productivity benefits and fun from agile development, but not you?

In most organizations, agile is taking hold in application development, operations and even marketing. Meanwhile, database…

While it’s no secret that cloud technologies are rapidly changing the way that organizations are running their IT infrastructures, for many organizations that I speak with, databases (and data in general) seem to be the slowest to move.  There are…

A wealth of knowledge on SQL Server Wait Types awaits you in our Waitopedia site. Our in-depth information on SQL Server wait types gives you the upper hand when SQL Server performance is hindered due to one of these wait types.  Wait statistics can point…

I remember as a young lad of 12 years of age writing letters to friends and family that I had grown up with. As I would finish the letter, I would jump on my bike and run to the local post office to purchase a stamp for the letter. I’m not going…

We have all read the headlines: Earlier this month, Delta Air Lines experienced a massive power outage that led to the cancellation of thousands of foreign and domestic flights. This seismic event took place at the height of the summer travel season…

Third-party validation. No, its purpose isn’t just to stroke our egos in admiration. Nor is it a meaningless attaboy. (“Way to go, little Timmy! You did good today, kiddo.”)

No, third-party validation acts as affirmation — a gut check…

My grandmother was the greatest. She was the iconic example of old world class and style… I never knew she was also a prophet.

As I was growing up, she would always take me aside and raising a finger crooked from age, she would point to me and…

As a database developer or DBA, you’ve lacked the proper tools to help you keep pace with the rest of your organization. You’ve watched your app-developing colleagues across the hall use agile to whiz through product releases and embrace DevOps to automate…

Let’s face it: We can’t all be the kind of hero who saves the world. But as a database administrator, if you could simplify database migrations and upgrades in your company, wouldn’t that make you a hero with your users and co-workers?…

To all you DBAs and database performance monitoring enthusiasts out there: Have you gotten your copy of the survey The Real World of the Database Administrator yet?

In my previous post, I highlighted several facts of DBA life noted in the survey, including…

“How can I cook when they’ve taken my kitchen away?”

Like the man in the photo, you may have to ask yourself that question now that Oracle Streams has been deprecated. If you depended on Oracle Streams for moving data in your database…

As a DBA, would you say that your database performance monitoring tasks are getting any less complex?

I thought not.

We commissioned a study called The Real World of the Database Administrator for a closer look at the facts of DBA life. In this post,…

I meet a lot of database developers who have agile envy. Are you one of them?

Do you see your counterparts on the application development teams scrumming and sprinting their way to shorter product cycles? Do you watch app developers release 25 updates…

...So you can start building a water weenie.

Sure, you can spend your whole summer working on SQL Server performance tuning, but wouldn’t you really rather build and operate your own water weenie, like Windell here?

I thought so.

Windell is a…

It’s crazy - technology and business are moving faster than ever and you’re sprinting just to keep up. Meanwhile, your workday is wasted on tons of repetitive, day-to-day tasks. That’s why we hosted a Virtual Tradeshow.

The bad news…