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DBA PLAYBOOK FOR OPTIMIZED SQL SERVER MANAGEMENT

July 2017

DBA PLAYBOOK FOR OPTIMIZED SQL SERVER MANAGEMENT

Quest

This essential DBA playbook is designed to help DBAs like you put in place strategies for focusing methodically on the hardware, software, and workflow issues within your control. Learn more!

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10 SQL PERFORMANCE TIPS

May 2017

10 SQL PERFORMANCE TIPS

Quest

Performance optimization on SQL Server can be challenging. We're here to help with these tips.

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2-TIER VS 3-TIER APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE

April 2017

2-TIER VS 3-TIER APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE

Nitrosphere

Your choice of application architecture can directly impact end user performance. Learn key criteria for building applications optimized for performance across disparate networks.

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THE GUIDE TO LEARNING POWERSHELL

April 2017

THE GUIDE TO LEARNING POWERSHELL

IDERA

This 3-part eBook introduces you to the PowerShell console and explains how to configure it, including font colors and sizes, editing and display options. Plus, deep-dive into into defining function parameters, creating new functions, and adding help to your functions.

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Quest’s Spotlight performance management driven by Azure SQL Database

March 2017

Quest’s Spotlight performance management driven by Azure SQL Database

Quest

With Spotlight, using Microsoft Azure and Azure SQL Database, SQL Server database administrators can monitor, detect, diagnose, and provide a way to resolve performance issues in SQL Server, whether they’re sitting at their desks or are working from home.

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THE STATE OF DATABASE DEVOPS REPORT

January 2017

THE STATE OF DATABASE DEVOPS REPORT

Redgate

As software teams face pressure to speed up delivery, DevOps is gaining momentum. But how many extend DevOps practices to database development? Read the results of a survey of 1000 SQL Server users.

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Data Masking: What You Need to Know

October 2016

Data Masking: What You Need to Know

NET2000

A paper focused on the practical issues involved in the preparation of de-identified HIPAA compliant databases. Included are specific worked examples of data masking practices which can assist with meeting the Safe Harbor data requirements.

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W.B. MASON PARTNERS WITH HPE

July 2016

W.B. MASON PARTNERS WITH HPE

HPE

Read how W.B. Mason embarked on an infrastructure transformation to support its business with HPE Superdome X running Microsoft Windows®.

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5 Reasons Your SQL Server is Slow

June 2016

5 Reasons Your SQL Server is Slow

IDERA

This white paper, authored by MCM Robert L Davis, is a guide to the 5 most common things that might be causing your SQL Server to run more slowly than it should. These are issues that, once addressed, will allow your SQL Server instances to run faster. Best of all, very little work is required to fix them.

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Shutting the Door on SQL Server 2005

March 2016

Shutting the Door on SQL Server 2005

KROLL ONTRACK

After a decade on the market, support for all versions of SQL Server 2005 is officially coming to an end on April 12, 2016. Are you prepared?

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The Real World of the Database Administrator: How DBAs Like You Are Managing Their Data.

February 2016

The Real World of the Database Administrator: How DBAs Like You Are Managing Their Data.

DELL

We joined forces with Unisphere Research and Database Trends and Applications to ask hundreds of DBAs some interesting questions ― and you’ve got to see their answers.

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Top 10 SQL Performance Booster with Your Own Hardware

November 2015

Top 10 SQL Performance Booster with Your Own Hardware

IDERA

A key component of maintaining successful applications is to stay ahead of performance requirements. This white paper provides a list of the Top 10 ways you can improve SQL Server performance with hardware you already own.

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The Essential DBA Playbook for Optimized SQL Server Management

August 2015

The Essential DBA Playbook for Optimized SQL Server Management

Dell Software

Discover the essentials of optimizing SQL Server management in your organization. Learn how DBAs like you can put in place strategies for focusing methodically on the hardware, software, workflow and cultural issues within your control.

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5 DBA Mistakes That Can Cost You Your Job

August 2015

5 DBA Mistakes That Can Cost You Your Job

Idera

Everyone makes mistakes. Database Administrators (DBAs) are no exception to that rule. When DBAs make mistakes, they are often the ones who find it first and have to fix it. This whitepaper, authored by MCM Robert L Davis, is a cautionary guide to the most common mistakes that database administrators make that can cost them their jobs.

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In-Memory Analytics Versus Disk-Based OLAP Analytics & Blending the Two

July 2015

In-Memory Analytics Versus Disk-Based OLAP Analytics & Blending the Two

PYRAMID ANALYTICS

This paper explores the pros and cons of an in-memory analytics solution versus a multidimensional, disk-based, OLAP analytics solution, and the benefits of combining them in your environment.

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Demystify Tempdb Performance & Management

June 2015

Demystify Tempdb Performance & Management

Idera

Learn how to provide the optimum balance between performance, reliability, and manageability. This Whitepaper covers best practices and tips to use, monitor, and configure tempdb.

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Hadoop for Hybrid Cloud

April 2015

Hadoop for Hybrid Cloud

Hortonworks

An increasing number of enterprises are either currently using or are planning to use cloud deployment models to expand their IT infrastructure. Organizations are looking for an open and flexible platform that enables them to deploy Big Data and Hadoop solutions on-premises, in the cloud and in a hybrid environment. This paper provides an introduction to hybrid clouds and outlines the requirements that enterprises need to consider as they migrate their big data architectures to a hybrid cloud deployment model with Hortonworks Data Platform, HDInsight and Azure.

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Optimizing Microsoft SQL Server 2014 on Cisco UCS

April 2015

Optimizing Microsoft SQL Server 2014 on Cisco UCS

Cisco

This white paper describes how Cisco UCS optimizes Microsoft SQL Server 2014 workloads. Cisco UCS’s advanced architecture provides the optimum platform for both physical and virtual SQL Server deployments. Cisco UCS enables you to simplify and standardize your SQL Server 2014 implementations as well increase performance, scalability, and availability.

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Data Management and Analysis - Cisco and Microsoft: Optimal Infrastructure Strategies

February 2015

Data Management and Analysis - Cisco and Microsoft: Optimal Infrastructure Strategies

Cisco and Microsoft

Enterprises are seeking a simplified, integrated approach that provides efficient, flexible infrastructures that can be deployed, managed, moved to the cloud, and scaled as needed to support advanced applications and workloads. Working together, Cisco and Microsoft satisfy today’s data management demands by creating integrated infrastructures that provide support for a diverse set of applications and use cases, including big data, data management, large-scale data warehousing, and analytics backed by IT management and insights.

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