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Santa chooses an Azure hybrid cloud to support Digital Transformation
CASE STUDY ORGANISATION: Santa & the Elves Ltd SECTOR: Not for Profit Digital now spans across the entire organisation,...
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CloudStack[d] November Newsletter
MICROSOFT AZURE MICROSOFT LAUNCHES CONTAINER SUPPORT FOR AZURE COGNITIVE SERVICESThe container support will ‘allow users of Azure Cognitive...
Is Private Cloud Being Replaced By Azure & AWS?
I work for a Managed Services Provider (MSP). We own a UK-centric network, multiple datacentres and have many teams of highly skilled...
Infrastructure & Software Automation: When You Should Use It (And Why)
It’s no secret that I like automation, so much so that I wrote a book called Learn Ansible which, as you may have guessed, covers the basic usage...
Serverless Computing London 2018 – The Low Down
Yesterday I attended Day One of Serverless Computing London. Unsurprisingly the theme of the day was ‘serverless’ and the general gist...
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CloudStack[d] October Newsletter
MICROSOFT AZURE HAPPY BIRTHDAY AZURE! We know, we know, Azure turned 8 in February, but 10 years ago at the Professional Developers...
Checklist for SQL Server Always On Availability Groups
As a Senior Database Consultant with over 20 years experience I've configured Always On more times than I can count and I find myself making the...
Building a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Capability
Key points Building a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) capability requires changes in hiring, training, and organisation behaviour Adopting SRE...
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CloudStack[d] September Newsletter
MICROSOFT AZURE MICROSOFT LAUNCHES AZURE DEVOPS Microsoft’s well known Visual Studio Team Service (VSTS) has been rebranded to Azure DevOps,...
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) as a Managed Service
Key points Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is a radically new approach to IT operations The 'everything as code' approach brings a software...
Why Operations-as-a-Service is the Future with Azure
Key Points As technology decision-makers or architects we need to understand the trajectory of modern cloud tools/platforms so we can make...
Extend Microsoft Support of SQL Server 2008 with Azure
The launch of SQL Server 2008 created a significant turning point where Microsoft customers could be confident their critical...
How to Fix Oracle Database Networking Issues
This simple two-part procedure will help to diagnose and fix the most common sqlnet and tnsnames configuration problems. TEST...
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CloudStack[d] August Newsletter
MICROSOFT AZURE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR APPLICATION MODERNISATION Microsoft have announced that Windows Server Containers in Web App are now...
Oracle on Windows: DLL missing errors
Recently I encountered a DLL issue when trying to log in to Oracle on Windows. It's an issue i've not encountered before and it took a...
Trolling Myself with Azure Logic Apps
Earlier this week we had a session at the office with April Edwards from Microsoft about Azure Logic Apps;...
Automating Deployments Using Ansible AWX & Jenkins
Sharing an office with a development team can be a challenge when you are a system administrator, you are always finding yourself doing...
Migrating Oracle Data to Amazon RDS with GoldenGate
The migration of databases to cloud has increased rapidly in recent years and it’s not hard to see why. Moving your capital expenditure (CapEx)...
N4Stack launches Microsoft Azure services
New DevOps-aligned services and adoption of Microsoft Azure offer comprehensive portfolio of transformational services Derby, UK – 7th August...
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CloudStack[d] July Newsletter
MICROSOFT AZURE Microsoft has had a busy month releasing new tools and services into public review. They’ve also improved their Azure...
AWS Summit 2018 #London – Key Takeaways
If you weren’t one of the 12,000 attendees or one of the 4,000+ streaming the AWS Summit, London live then let me take 2 minutes of your...
Issues encountered installing Oracle 12c on Windows
Recently I’ve had to install Oracle 12C on Windows Server 2012 for a client. Normally this wouldn’t be blog-worthy but this time the installation...
MongoDB Europe 2017: Key Takeaways
Couldn't make MongoDB Europe in London this year? Don't worry, here are the key takeaways! Only the second year of MongoDB...
Oracle Patch Update Oct 17
Oracle Patch Update October 2017 (Database Server) Oracle have released their latest critical patch update for Database Server yesterday...
Outsourced DBAs can increase the performance of critical databases
Let’s be honest, unless you are a large enterprise, justifying and maintaining an in-house DBA team is expensive and difficult. Databases are...
Oracle Patch Update July 2017 (Database Server)
Oracle Patch Update July 2017 (Database Server) Oracle have released their latest critical patch update for Database Server yesterday...
Onomi and Node4 join forces to scale up and innovate
We are very excited to announce a strategic investment by Node4 in Onomi to accelerate growth and service innovation. Building on a long-standing...
7 things to look for in a Database Managed Services Provider
You’ve decided to outsource the support of your databases, you’ve shortlisted several database managed services providers that have the right...
Oracle Patch Update April 17
Oracle Patch Update April 2017 (Database Server) Oracle have released their latest critical patch update for Database Server yesterday...
The changing role of the DBA – a move towards DataOps
The changing role of the DBA – a move towards DataOps In the noughties being an Oracle DBA was an aspirational role, technologists were drawn to the...
Oracle Patch Update Jan 17
Oracle Patch Update January 2017 (Database Server) Oracle have released their latest critical patch update for Database Server yesterday...
5 New Year Resolutions for DBA’s
5 New Year Resolutions for DBAs It's said that "promises are made to be broken". Surely database administrators don't fall in that category?...
Oracle ISV Cloud Event Review 23/11/16
Oracle’s candid view of their Cloud and how they are taking a more open and pragmatic approach to attract independent software vendors to their platform.
Is your SQL Server suffering from Stale Statistics?
What statistics does SQL Server use for my query? A query that's generally performing fine, suddenly slows down to unacceptable levels. The support...
Lightning Bolt performance from your SQL Server
SQL Server Performance Suffering SQL Server Performance Issues?: A story of Olympic sprints and handy SQL Server hints!!! Usain Bolt, the world's...
Oracle Patch Update July 2016
Oracle Patch Update July 2016 (Database Server) Oracle have released their latest critical patch update for Database Server yesterday (19/7). This...
5 Oracle Licensing Gotcha’s for Oracle DBA’s
It’s that time of year where Oracle and its Partners scrabble around frantically trying to close off as much revenue as possible by the end of May....
What IT leaders need to know about SQL Server 2016
Introducing SQL Server 2016.... It case you have missed all the “data drivel”, sorry “data driven” marketing around the release of SQL Server 2016,...
Oracle Patch Update April 2016
Oracle Patch Update April 2016 (Database Server) Oracle have released their latest critical patch update for Database Server yesterday (19/4). This...
3 Database Market Trends in 2015
Come on everyone does it! It’s the last day of 2015, so of course I’m going to write a blog to highlight 3 trends I’ve seen in planet Database this...
It really is time to upgrade SQL Server 2005
SQL Server 2005 was arguably the first “proper” enterprise grade version of SQL Server and heraled the start of Microsoft...
Oracle Patch Update October 2015
Oracle Patch Update October 2015 (Database Server) Oracle have released their latest critical patch update for Database Server and in true halloween...
Oracle Standard Edition 2 Infographic
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...
SQL Server Patch Update: July 2015
SQL Server Patch Update July 2015 Today Microsoft has released security bulletin MS15-058 which contains an update addressing a vulnerability which...
Oracle Patch Update July 2015
Oracle Patch Update July 2015 (Database Server) Today Oracle have released their latest critical patch update for Database Server. This...
Is Oracle’s new Standard Edition release going to give customers a licensing headache?
Introducing Oracle SE2..... (updated on 1/9) In case you missed it, last week Oracle announced the release of Oracle Database Standard Edition...
3 tips for DBA’s to transform your database strategy
Having worked in service providers delivering DBA (Database Administration) outsourced support for over 17 years, I have interviewed a...
Ssssh! Don’t tell anyone but Couchbase is a serious contender: Couchbase Live Europe 2015
In the softly lit, opulent bowels of the Park Plaza hotel, Westminster something special happened yesterday. Couchbase Live 2015 came to London and...