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SQL Server, Part 1: Why you should monitor SQL logs

Over 44 records are stolen per second every day due to data breaches, and according to the Risk Based Security Research report published in 2019, databases are the top most targeted assets for malicious actors to exploit organizations’ confidential data. Often, organizations don’t realize their databases have been compromised for months. Once sensitive data is leaked, the damage can’t be undone.

Azure Database Security: 7 Best Practices You Need to Know

Azure is a cloud computing vendor, ranked among the top providers. Like all cloud vendors, Azure uses a shared responsibility model. This means that some of the responsibilities are taken care of by the cloud vendor, while the rest should be taken care of by the cloud user. In this article, you will learn about Azure SQL services, and the seven most important best practices needed to ensure the security of your cloud-based Azure SQL operations.

Global Oil & Gas Company picks NiCE Oracle Management Pack

NiCE IT Management Solutions is proud to serve global key-players in advanced Oracle database performance and health monitoring. Read the latest customer reference on how the NiCE Oracle Management Pack is helping a global Oil & Gas company in standardized, IT Governance compliant Oracle operations.

Episode 11: Connecting to Redis with .Net Core and C#

We've finally finished screwing around with basic groundwork. Today we start writing actually useful application code! First, can we connect to Redis? Connecting to Redis implies some connection strings, so we'll create a basic environment based configuration while we're thinking about it.

NiCE DB2 Management Pack 4.40 for Microsoft SCOM

The NiCE DB2 Management Pack enables advanced health and performance diagnostics for Db2 databases. Health and performance measurement is directly displayed in your Microsoft System Center console. Integrations into SquaredUp dashboards make it even easier to tune Db2 monitoring. Leverage your existing investment, reduce costs, save time and build efficiencies that will last beyond your expectations.

Episode 10: Installing Redis from Ansible Galaxy

A pre-built playbook from Ansible Galaxy lets us easily install Redis. (Even we don't re-invent the wheel every time.) The Request Metrics application will use Redis as its main data store. We need to install Redis on our servers to find out if this is a good plan. Ansible provides a repeatable way of doing this configuration work.

A Guide To SentryOne SQL Server Monitoring

There is a lot to consider when weighing up SQL server monitoring solutions, with various competing providers delivering compelling packages that promise to boost performance, improve maintenance and enhance troubleshooting. SentryOne is a leading light in this market when it comes to the best SQL server monitoring tools, so here is a look at the features and functions that are included in its SQL Sentry monitoring suite.

Monitor Scylla with Datadog

Scylla is an open source database alternative to Apache Cassandra, built to deliver significantly higher throughput, single-digit millisecond latency, and always-on availability for real-time applications. Unlike Cassandra which is written in Java, Scylla is implemented in C++ to provide greater control over low-level operations and eliminate latency issues related to garbage collection.

NiCE Oracle Management Pack 5.10 for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager

The NiCE Oracle Management Pack enables advanced health and performance diagnostics for Oracle. Health and performance measurement is displayed directly in your Microsoft System Center console. NiCE integrations into SquaredUp dashboards and Cookdowns’ Easy Tune make it even easier to tune Oracle monitoring. Leverage your existing investment, reduce costs, save time and build efficiencies that will last beyond your expectations.

Kubernetes Master Class: Deploy WordPress and MySQL without Data Loss

Applications such as WordPress or MySQL require the use of data persistence. It is common when deploying such applications to use a HostPath volume as it is agnostic from the platform. A HostPath volume shares the filesystem of the Host within the container making the data available between pod restarts. However, it ties the data to one node only, creating a single point of failure and restricting any kind of scalability. Kubernetes is not able to schedule the application in any other node even if it is unavailable. This leads to eventual data loss.