by Andy Slater | Dec 3, 2015 | Data, SQL Server
SQL Server 2005 was arguably the first “proper” enterprise grade version of SQL Server and heraled the start of Microsoft giving Oracle a run for their money. Since it’s now over ten years old, there’s no surprise that extended support is coming to an end in... 
by Andy Slater | Oct 21, 2015 | Data, Oracle, Oracle Critical Patch Update
Oracle Patch Update October 2015 (Database Server) Oracle have released their latest critical patch update for Database Server and in true halloween fashion there is a goulish security vulnerability lurking in the release which is scored at 10.0 on the CVSS scoring... 
by Andy Slater | Oct 14, 2015 | Data
A review of the winners and losers in the Gartner 2015 Operational Database Magic Quadrant. The recent release of Gartner’s new Operational Database Magic Quadrant has caused a bit of a stir as Microsoft has yanked the top right corner ownership away from... 
by Andy Slater | Sep 10, 2015 | Oracle, Oracle Licensing
Oracle SE2: What’s changed? With the release of Oracle Standard Edition 2 comes a number of significant changes. Here’s a quick infographic to show the key changes. If you have any questions or need independent advice, please get in touch with us via 0115... 
by Andy Slater | Jul 14, 2015 | Security
SQL Server Patch Update July 2015 Today Microsoft has released security bulletin MS15-058 which contains an update addressing a vulnerability which could allow remote code execution. This relies on an attacker being authenticated with permissions to create or modify a...
