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SQL Server Replication

Upgrade live applications to SQL Server 2005 for high availability

Part four in this series takes you through the stages of maintaining live applications. Find out how to push live data from one cluster to another using a conversion database and replication techniques. Continue Reading
Ten merge replication tips and tricks

From schema and parameter changes to wrapping and limiting merge agents, SQL Server MVP Hilary Cotter offers various tricks to help you get the best performance from your merge replication efforts. Continue Reading
Snapshot replication

Excerpted from the McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media book SQL Server 2000 Administration, this tip explains why snapshot replication is the simplest to set up and understand. Continue Reading
Transactional replication

Excerpted from the McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media book SQL Server 2000 Administration, this tip explains how transactional replication works by sending changes to the subscriber as they happen. Continue Reading

Nate Silver lays out data-driven business strategy

A lack of standards and best practices can hold back businesses from becoming more data-driven, says Nate Silver, founder and ...

HP Vertica users put limits on using Hadoop for analytics

Hadoop is one of the most popular big data technologies. But when it comes to predictive modeling and data visualization, its ...

New business intelligence skills in, BI developers out

Consultant Lee Feinberg says organizations need to build up their data storytelling and visualization capabilities -- and details...

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Network bottleneck looms when data center storage improves

The high-IOPS, low-latency potential of SSDs moves bottlenecks to the network. SDN offers provisioning adjustments to avoid any ...

Colocation pricing morphs into cloud pay-per-use model

Cloud computing users have been able to pay just for what they use, but that hasn't been an option for colocation customers -- ...

Is IT service continuity only for the rich?

Technologies like cloud and virtualization mean IT service continuity no longer requires an extra data center or two.

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IBM pushes MPP engine to boost cloud database services line

IBM has added massively parallel processing and R language support to its dashDB software -- important steps for a data warehouse...

Swim fast with a Hadoop data lake architecture -- or sink

The Hadoop data lake concept presents plenty of challenges for organizations. But the experiences of early adopters point the way...

How to select the best DBMS software: A buyer's guide

Learn how to evaluate and buy the best DBMS software for your organization.

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Azure or AWS? A cloud database comparison

AWS offers a multitude of database services, but Microsoft Azure has several options worth considering for a savvy multi-cloud ...

Meet the family of AWS EC2 instance types

AWS EC2 instance types offer an array of options for compute power. Get to know the nine types of Elastic Compute Cloud instances...

Making sense of AWS containers, EC2 Container Service

Some enterprises are diving head first into cloud containers, but the technology -- an old form of virtualization brought back ...

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How to make sense of Oracle licenses for VMware environments

Oracle licenses are a tricky subject and Oracle licensing for VMware environments doubly so. Find out about the important ...

Oracle announces its new, lower-cost SPARC processor

At Hot Chips 27, Oracle presented its new, lower-cost SPARC processor, Sonoma, which puts Oracle into competition with Intel x86 ...

Oracle Mobile Cloud will integrate with Xamarin platform

Oracle Mobile Cloud Services will integrate with the Xamarin platform, which lets developers build, test and model mobile ...

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Experts highlight potholes in the Office 365 roadmap

Office 365 provides new options for lightweight collaboration, but experts at SPTechCon Boston said some features aren't ready ...

SharePoint 2016 beta is solid, but don't expect fireworks

SharePoint 2016 beta makes some solid improvements for the user experience, but feels more like an update than a major new ...

Are text analytics tools the future of records management?

In recent years, text analytics tools have simplified the time-consuming and onerous work of records management.

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With Azure Key Vault, cloud security no longer up in air

Admins with an Azure subscription can use Azure Key Vault to protect and encrypt keys and data. Here's how to set it up with ...

Control IT access with JEA PowerShell toolkit

Just Enough Administration restricts administrative access to the bare necessities for user tasks, giving organizations more ...

Tips for landing the best Windows administrator jobs

Whether you're looking for the best Windows Server job or have been in your position for years, these five tips will help you ...