(Willie Favero) With each new month, we are almost always getting a few of the product publications refreshed. That trend has continued into the new year. For January, all the active releases of DB2 are getting a little something new…
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Capturing and analyzing interface characteristics, Part 2: Reference guide to integration characteristics
(Kim J. Clark and Brian M. Petrini) Part 1 of this two-part article discussed the definition of integration characteristics and how they are best used to reduce risk and improve the efficiency of design for the integration aspects of a solution.
PowerShell changes for database backups in SQL Server 2012
(Shawn Melton) PowerShell has many features and one set of features is the ability to backup SQL Server databases. In this tip we look at PowerShell enhancements for SQL Server 2012 to backup SQL Server databases.
Online Data SAN Configuration
Online Data SAN Configuration When configuring a SAN for online services such as OLTP or OLAP databases there are so many different options to choose from. Many SAN servers are configured with a large amount of Cache resulting in acceptable performance regardless of disk configuration. On these larger SANs you may find a single RAID 5 or RAID 10 physical […]
The Devil is in the Details
SSWUGtv With Stephen Wynkoop In this episode: Avoiding surprises with your SQL Server configuration… who is changing what? Raj Sabhlok of ManageEngine on the show to talk about more holistic monitoring of your servers, plus Laura Rose with time management tips. Watch the Show The Devil is in the Details In response to our editorial yesterday I received the following […]
The Future World Is A Semantic Tech World
(Jennifer Zaino) A new report from the Institute for Global Futures, Global Futures Forecast 2012, lays out the top trends that it believes will shape the coming year. It’s looking ahead to a future that it says may be characterized by complex trends, accelerated change, hyper-competition, disruptio
SQL Server Database Corruption Part III : Preventing Corruption
(Michael K. Campbell) In previous posts we touched upon an overview of what causes corruption and looked at ways to simulate corruption. In this post we’ll talk about more about corruption – in terms of addressing how you can prevent it. (Though, if you’ve been paying attention in previous posts, yo
I prefer MySQL binary tar balls with Galera…
(Shinguz) In my set-ups I have different MySQL versions (MySQL 5.0, 5.1, 5.5 and 5.6, Percona Server 13.1 and 24.0, MariaDB 5.2.10, 5.3.3, Galera 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0) running in parallel at the same time.
Big Data, Unstructured Information Analysis is More Than Sentiment.
(Luca Scagliarini) What started many years ago as a driver for a new generation of storage devices, the topic of Big Data is turning mainstream, having made nearly every list of “trends for 2012.” Continued media attention and buzz is making what Big Data actually is more clear. The challenge, is ho
Differences Between jQuery .bind() vs .live() vs .delegate() vs .on()
(Elijah Manor) I’ve seen quite a bit of confusion from developers about what the real different is between the .bind(), .live(), .delegate(), and .on() methods are jQuery and when they should be used.