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AlwaysOn Availability Groups

AlwaysOn Availability Groups is a database mirroring technique for Microsoft SQL Server that allows administrators to pull together a group of user databases that can fail over together.

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Microsoft SQL Server 2016

SQL Server 2016 is a SQL-based relational database management system released by Microsoft for general availability on June 1, 2016. It supports transaction processing, data warehousing and analytics uses and provides new and updated features with a 'mobile first, cloud first' approach.

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rollback

A rollback is the undoing of partly completed database changes when a database transaction is determined to have failed.

ThoughtSpot strategic partnerships help add capabilities

Through its partnership strategy, ThoughtSpot is adding to its capabilities as a BI software vendor the same way others are ...

IBM battling to change perception of Cognos Analytics BI platform

While some see IBM's BI suite as being too complicated and expensive for citizen data scientists, the company is adding updates ...

Howard Dresner talks business intelligence trends

In this Q&A, analyst Howard Dresner talks about trends in the business intelligence software market, industry consolidation and ...

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IBM mainframes face competitive pressures inside and out

IBM's mainframe business continues to be under pressure from cloud-based competitors, and perhaps even its own Power server. ...

Linux features beyond server management

Due to its open source nature, Linux is constantly gaining new capabilities. Here's a look at some common use cases and features.

Use ASHRAE guidelines to get server temperature right

The main factors that affect server efficiency are inlet air temperature, humidity and contaminants. Follow these ASHRAE ...

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Snowflake product VP expounds on data warehouse for the cloud

In this Q&A, Christian Kleinerman, vice president of product development at cloud data warehouse vendor Snowflake, talks about ...

RavenDB Cloud automates database management

RavenDB's managed cloud database service, RavenDB Cloud, intends to automate security processes, reduce overhead and cater to ...

Big data containers gain wider appeal in system deployments

This handbook examines the use of Docker containers in Kubernetes clusters to run big data systems and offers insight on ...

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How to use Athena to troubleshoot AWS operations issues

Amazon Athena runs analysis against data stored in S3, where AWS admins can find a trove of ops data for troubleshooting and ...

Amazon's Werner Vogels talks AWS Outposts, innovation

Amazon CTO Werner Vogels talks about the company's Outposts hybrid cloud hardware, how AWS approaches innovation and future plans...

Amazon CTO Werner Vogels on transparency, developers, multi-cloud

In this Q&A, Amazon CTO Werner Vogels dishes on transparency, technology roadmaps, developers, multi-cloud and more.

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Oracle Analytics Cloud update unifies BI products, pricing

Oracle Analytics Cloud now offers a consistent UI and all-in-one pricing for Oracle's analytics tools. But an on-premises BI ...

How to create Oracle Multitenant database user accounts

Database administrator Brian Peasland outlines the process of creating users in an Oracle Multitenant environment and details new...

How to connect to a pluggable database in Oracle Multitenant

Once you've created pluggable databases in an Oracle Multitenant system, the next step is to connect applications to them so they...

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Alfresco cloud migration service moves content off premises

With new cloud migration services, Alfresco promises to move content from IBM, SharePoint, Documentum and other legacy ECM ...

Using AI in content creation can streamline publishing

Companies using AI in content creation can generate short-form material automatically, which frees up humans to handle more ...

New Contentful CMS targets content delivery for retailers

Contentful's content infrastructure is a CMS that intends to bring more flexibility and benefits than a traditional or headless ...

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Microsoft patches two Windows zero-days in July Patch Tuesday

Microsoft fixed two Windows zero-day flaws as part of the July 2019 Patch Tuesday release, which also saw the remediation of 75 ...

How to deal with the on-premises vs. cloud challenge

Some tools and applications aren't a good fit outside of the data center. Try these tactics to cope as more tools and application...

How to manage Windows with Puppet

Administrators can modernize their organization's management model for both Linux and Windows operating systems with Puppet, a ...