In working with different companies to try to define how they’ll best move forward with their data requirements, it’s increasingly obvious that multi-platform, where you have multiple database systems on tap to provide support for requirements, is an ideal solution. By embracing the platform-agnostic approach, and looking at the requirements and using those to determine what options to consider, you […]
Azure SQL Database
I Don’t Need Backups – The Cloud Doesn’t Break!
Yes. I’ve actually heard that several times lately. We’ve been talking about recovery plans, backups, the “oh boy, Steve’s preaching test your backups again” documentation and so-on. As we’re talking through the things they need to test and have experience with and document, they get this shifting-around, anxious to move on attitude. “But it’s the cloud. It’s not like it’s […]
What Do You See for 2018?
The end of the year (I’m not rushing it, just getting ahead of the curve to get your early thoughts), is when people start thinking through what’s coming up and what to expect. I’m curious what you would see as the top 3 things or so that you’d expect to see happening in the data space in 2018. Drop them […]
Backup and Restore… No, Really.
I cannot tell you how many webcasts, articles, sessions and such have been done about backup and restore. But here we are again. Saying similar things, with different icing on the cake I suppose. Essentially – make sure they work, make sure you know how to use them, and test your “assuredness.” This applies whether you’re on-premise or in the […]
Managing Your On and Off-Premise Infrastructure
Increasingly, as we’re working with people to help out with infrastructure and with setup and considerations for their servers and solutions (wow, that’s a long breath), the trend is about handing off to cloud providers… That’s all well and good, but there’s a bit a devil in the details, so to speak. One of the things that seems to be […]