Every day we see technologies evolve and we are requiring to handle more data and tasks, this applies to multiple services and data pipelines that maintain them. Whilst we adapt to fast changing environments, it's important to monitor them and setup…
Over the years, Foglight evolved as a Data Observability Platform for multiple databases, Hybrid and Cloud infrastructures. In the rapidly evolving world of IT monitoring and observability, Open Telemetry has emerged as a game-changer. It provides a set…
We all know that over time the tablespaces in our Oracle database(s) get fragmented. Database and application performance can suffer from this fragmentation.
Fragmentation happens when your applications are inserting, updating and/or deleting data. You…
Likely the reason your college or university implemented an ERP System(s) was to improve and reduce the cost of core business process such as managing CRM activities such as student prospecting, onboarding, registration, and retention. Of course, ERP…
Streams is Gone
If you're a current Oracle Streams user looking to upgrade to Oracle 19c, you already know that as of this release, Oracle has removed Streams. So, there are choices to be made. You can
We are excited to announce a new version of Migrator for Notes to SharePoint 6.11 is now available for download.
Look what's new:
In Notes, there are many locations where your end-user’s contacts or Personal Address Books (PABs) could be stored. The inconsistent storage locations of Notes data can create a very challenging environment for the migration administrator. Luckily, Migrator…
Migrating to a new mail system presents a great opportunity to "clean up" old data. In support of this goal, Migrator for Notes to Exchange (MNE) provides considerable flexibility in how and where data can be migrated. MNE allows you to migrate data into…
Chico: “You call this a barn? This looks like a stable.”
Groucho: “Well, if you look at it, it’s a barn; if you smell it, it’s a stable.”
From “Monkey Business,” by the Marx Brothers
That’s the way I feel…
Work smarter, not harder — it’s is a great idea, but how can we accomplish it? The answer for IT administrators like us, of course, is automation. But we’re already stretched thin, so how can we find time to automate our daily tasks? Creating and managing…
Market and regulatory changes such as the Affordable Care Act are fueling a historic period of consolidation in the healthcare market. Independent health systems are struggling to survive on their own due to reduced payouts, driving mergers, acquisitions…
Several forces are combining to create a historic period of consolidation in the healthcare industry.
Increased competition, a shift to outcomes-based reimbursement models, and an overall need to widen the scope of care while reducing costs are driving…
I often get asked about monitoring SQL workload that is consuming a database instance’s resources. The first question that comes to my mind is, “What is the symptom you are trying to resolve?” Are you looking to understand the root cause of compute resource…
Both Exchange and Office 365 have the option to provide users with two separate mailboxes. First, there is the normal “User Mailbox”, which is typically used on an everyday basis and is housed on high performance storage media. Second, is the “User Archive…
Using GPOADmin, you can be very granular with who is allowed to do what with a particular Group Policy. Much like Active Roles, GPOAdmin allows you to grant specific rights to your Administrators and…
In my previous post, I touched on how you can identify users in AD with elevated rights. Now we need to determine if they're really necessary.
Step 2: Identifying what rights are needed for the job.
I can't begin to tell you how many companies that…
The first step in migrating Notes archives with Migrator for Notes to Exchange (MNE) is to determine where the archive files are located. The location of Notes archives can vary between Notes deployments and can also vary by user or department. Most commonly…
We are excited to announce a new version of Migrator for Notes to Exchange 4.14.1 is now available for download.
Look what's new:
Email is an extremely important method of communication for any size business. As business needs change, so do email infrastructure requirements. On Demand Migration for Email (ODME) is a cloud-based migration service that is able to scale to meet your…
Storage Groups: Your Next Data Protection Bullet
OK – so you may now have an awesome data deduplication appliance in your environment. Using it gives you the peace of mind that data can be quickly backed up and recovered. But what about going further…
The requirements for data protection continue to evolve with the changing IT environment as well as the need to protect an increasing amount of data.
My experience in the area of data protection began in the late 1980’s when the only option for data…
Quest is proud to deliver Client Profile Updating Utility 5.6.4. In this version the following 2 known issues were fixed.
Having worked in a Data Center, I’m familiar with the challenges IT Admins face on the daily. From security, networking, to data management and everything in between, it seems there just isn’t enough time in the day to get done what needs to.…
Coming soon to Capacity Director!
Done, a balanced virtual environment.
On my farm, I have a fairly large irrigation system (7 zones and a pump), all controlled by a Raspberry Pi single-board computer. I also have Raspberry Pi controllers for Amateur Radio activities, including a Weak Signal transmitter that uses only the…
