Artificial intelligence is changing everything – and its impact on high availability (HA) clustering is no exception. The way in which AI and HA are coming together is making clusters more resilient, self-sustaining, and increasingly smarter at handling workloads. In other words, instead of IT professionals continuously putting out fires – constantly adjusting and working […]
How Educational Institutions Can Fortify Security Defenses
I admit it: I was one of those kids who was genuinely excited when back-to-school time rolled around. I couldn’t wait to get to the store to buy my new notebooks, multicolored folders, pencils, pens, and highlighters. And the thought of seeing my friends who I hadn’t had a chance to see over the summer […]
Navigating SQL Server High Availability in Kubernetes for Improved Performance
There’s a compelling rationale for SQL Server not being the easiest pick for Kubernetes containerization initiatives. SQL Server environments are often characterized as formidable entities, known for their substantial scale and tendency to consume a significant portion of budget resources. Furthermore, SQL Server environments: Containers offer substantial potential for enhancing SQL Server’s agility, flexibility, and […]
Containers vs. Virtual Machines (and Why It Matters for Data Center Professionals)
In the world of IT not so very long ago, there was a significant shift that transformed the way we manage and deploy applications. Virtualization, a technology that made traditional infrastructure more efficient, gained immense popularity among Microsoft SQL Server professionals. However, the IT industry is constantly evolving, and now containerization has emerged as the latest […]
From VPN to SDP – Four Reasons to Switch Now
There once was a time when the virtual private network (VPN) was the hot new technology. In its day, VPN was nothing short of amazing – an impenetrable innovation in IT security. But that time was in the mid-nineties – 1996 to be exact – when it was created. No one can call this the […]
A SQL Server Solution That Developers Should Know
Microsoft SQL Server is a critical database server for software developers, helping to store and retrieve data that other software applications request. That’s why SQL Server developers are in such high demand – and command average salaries close to six figures. Yet while SQL Server remains a go-to relational database management system, it has some significant […]
How to Overcome a Key Obstacle to Stateful Container Adoption: HA Implementation
Over the last four years, Microsoft SQL Server containers in Linux have become an even more important piece in the product roadmap. Microsoft has continued to improve upon and invest in these containers, and there’s no doubt that containers can help IT operations in many ways. Some of the best features of containers, besides the fact that […]
2022: Becoming the Year of Containers, Kubernetes, and SDP Security
A growing number of companies are continuing to launch significant digital transformation (DX) projects in 2022, and rightly so, since this can enhance their IT and business capabilities while resulting in cost savings. This has led to a large increase in the use of containers. The StackRox State of Container and Kubernetes Security Report—Winter 2020 flagged […]
Cyber Resilience Means More Than Just High Availability or Disaster Recovery Alone
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month! All month long, we’ll be exploring cybersecurity-related topics to help you (and your data) stay safe online. Click to learn more about author Don Boxley. What creates true cyber resilience? In database circles, the two factors that help lead to it – disaster recovery (DR) and high availability (HA) – are […]
Some Thoughts in the Wake of World Password Day
Click to learn more about author Don Boxley. World Password Day was born back in 2005 when security researcher Mark Burnett suggested that everyone embrace a specific day in which they update their digital passwords. According to National Day Calendar, this idea gained traction in May 2013, when Intel Security selected the first Thursday each May as World Password […]