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Being audited is normal, even if it is not fun. Whatever database you use, or whatever your team looks like (in-house DBA or a Managed Service Provider), software licensing auditing must be on the radar.   What is a software licensing audit?  A software license audit is a formal, mandatory compliance review of a company’s use of products and services. Every software company

What is a relational database?  A relational database is a type of database in which data points are connected to each other. Inside a relational database there are rows set up in tables. Each row in the table is a record with an ID (the “key”) and each column in the table holds data attributes. Structured Query Language (SQL) is

Whether you’re speeding through your work, 60 hours deep into your work week, or just have brain fog – accidents happen. It can be easy to make a mistake when it comes to working in a database. One moment, you’re enjoying a third coffee and solving problems like a champ, the next you’re fighting error messages. Explore the most common

When a DDL and DML run into a lock in Oracle, the ORA-00054 error appears. An ALTER SESSION command allows the DDL to succeed. When encountering an ORA-00054 error in Oracle, it indicates that the table you are attempting to access is currently locked by another query. Typically, waiting for a few minutes and reattempting the query resolves the issue

Business process reengineering (BPR) is the redesigning of business processes to achieve significant improvements in performance, productivity, and quality. BPR can help a CIO achieve dramatic improvements in productivity, cycle times, quality, and employee and customer satisfaction.  Examples of Business Process Reengineering These are just a few examples of business process reengineering initiatives that organizations may undertake. The key is

A database administrator monitors, maintains, and troubleshoots data systems. They also optimize the physical database structure for space management, I/O distribution, and parameter tuning.   A database administrator (DBA) is a professional responsible for managing and maintaining databases within an organization. Their role involves various tasks related to the efficient and secure operation of databases. These tasks are critical for storing

A runbook is a detailed “how-to” guide for completing a commonly repeated task or procedure within a company’s IT operations process (e.g. provisioning, software updates/deployment, change configs, and opening ports). Runbooks are part of IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) protocols, which incorporate information from IT processes, such as knowledge management and problem management. Runbooks can be manual, semiautomatic, or automatic, depending on

A database monitoring system tracks database performance using standard criteria. Database monitoring tools help track database performance and resources in order to create and maintain a high-performance and highly available application infrastructure.  What Makes Up A Strong Database Monitoring System? What Does A Healthy Database Look Like? What Are Database Monitoring Tools?  Database monitoring tools help track database performance and

A SQL Server bottleneck happens when SQL Server is asked to retrieve or process more data than it can handle and one of the vital resources it needs becomes overloaded. When that happens, queries will wait until they can be processed. Then, when the bottleneck is finally removed, SQL will attempt to process all the waiting queries at once, which

Database performance tuning refers to the various ways database administrators can ensure databases are running as efficiently as possible. Typically, this refers to tuning SQL Server or Oracle queries for enhanced performance.  What Is The Goal of Database Performance Tuning? The goal of database tuning is to reconfigure the operating systems according to how they’re best used, including deploying clusters