by Neil Garside | Sep 2, 2020 | Data, Neil Garside, Oracle
Is your Oracle database in need of some TLC? Then you need ORAchk (Oracle Check). The utility examines an Oracle system’s configuration looking for areas that need improvement and generates a risk report that you can then use to improve the health status of your... 
by Julian Boneham | Jul 6, 2020 | Data, Julian Boneham, Oracle
Oracle 12c (version 12.2.0.1) was released in March 2017 and is widely used across businesses in both Standard and Enterprise Edition versions. As with all Oracle database releases, there is a Premier Support period that runs for a minimum of two years. As such,... 
by Julian Boneham | Jun 10, 2020 | Data, Julian Boneham, MongoDB, MySQL, NoSQL, Oracle, SQL Server
Having business systems that are scalable, performant and that adequately underpin key applications has always been important. Yet the recent global changes to working practices have brought about a rapid transformation in business demand, which in turn has placed... 
by Grahame Dyce | Mar 24, 2020 | Data, Grahame Dyce
Does it seem like there is never enough time to optimise and tune your database? Perhaps it is slipping down your to-do list for that elusive moment when you’ve got enough time to take a step back from the demands of project delivery and take an in-depth look at the... 
by Izzi Fuller | Jan 3, 2020 | Cloud, Data, DevOps, General, Izzi Fuller
It’s 2020 – not only a new year, but a new decade! To help us come to terms with the shock that we blinked, and the past decade flew by we sat down with Andy, Julian, Russ, and Richard, to share fond memories and think about what the next decade might bring in terms... 
by Adrian Lowe | Mar 5, 2019 | Azure, Cloud, Data, Events
Food, travel and tech are three of my favourite things so to say I was lucky enough to attend the Microsoft Ignite London Tour last week is a bit of an understatement. I hit my first hurdle almost instantly. With so many sessions on offer, and my FOMO (fear of missing...