by Julian Boneham | Jul 26, 2021 | Data, Julian Boneham
The Emergence and Importance of the Modern Data Platform Pretty much all IT related posts these days refer to the importance of data and how it’s “the new gold”. Whilst much of this may appear to be a rather glib trend, the reality is that data does hold the key to... 
by Julian Boneham | Jul 6, 2020 | Data, Julian Boneham, Oracle
Oracle 12.2.0.1 Support Ends 30.11.20… What to do? 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... 
by Julian Boneham | Jun 10, 2020 | Data, Julian Boneham, MongoDB, MySQL, NoSQL, Oracle, SQL Server
5 Key Priorities for DataOps Teams 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... 
by Julian Boneham | Nov 30, 2018 | AWS, Azure, Cloud, Julian Boneham
I work for a Managed Services Provider (MSP). We own a UK-centric network, multiple datacentres and have many teams of highly skilled technical staff who manage customer systems which are hosted on our infrastructure. We have over 1000 customers and it’s... 
by Julian Boneham | Sep 12, 2018 | Azure, Cloud, Data, Julian Boneham, SQL Server
The launch of SQL Server 2008 created a significant turning point where Microsoft customers could be confident their critical applications would operate in a scalable and resilient environment. End-users and application developers alike started to use SQL Server 2008... 
by Julian Boneham | Oct 12, 2017 | Data, Julian Boneham, Strategy
Let’s be honest, unless you are a large enterprise, justifying and maintaining an in-house DBA team is expensive and difficult. Databases are however mission critical components and making sure that they are secure, operational and tuned for performance is a...
