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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.

McDonald's orders up customer service analytics, shakes up fast food

The fast-food giant announced last month that it is acquiring Dynamic Yield, a big data platform, in pursuit of a more ...

Sisense acquisition of Periscope yields versatile BI platform

The Sisense merger with Periscope Data is expected to create a new, combined BI product that will cater to casual business users ...

Qlik multi-cloud, Kubernetes options drive cloud-first vision

Qlik advances its plan to be a cloud- and SaaS-first analytics vendor with new multi-cloud and Kubernetes deployment options. But...

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HPE-Cray deal brings supercomputers to enterprises for AI

HPE's $1.3 billion deal to acquire supercomputing pioneer Cray Inc. should better position the company in the HPC market among IT...

IBM mainframe pricing overhaul inspired by cloud model

IBM's new Tailored Fit Pricing model gives enterprises more flexibility in the types of workloads they run on the z/OS platform.

Red Hat CTO: Scalability, usability key RHEL 8 components

Linux software is expanding its use cases for data center and cloud options. Red Hat CTO Chris Wright details how the company is ...

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Advice on enterprise data cleansing from an SAP VP

SAP's Kristin McMahon details data cleansing best practices and explains why a good data cleanse needs continual communication, ...

Data virtualization layer feeds logical data warehouse, Agile BI

Indiana University is using data virtualization to combine data from various source systems for analysis, as part of an ...

Data modeling best practices power analytics, business apps

Data modeling is a key part of data management and analytics. This handbook highlights best practices for creating data models ...

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AWS IQ marketplace taps demand for AWS experts

AWS is at work on IQ, a job marketplace that matches AWS experts with customers. Similar in appearance to the likes of Upwork, IQ...

Set and track backup activity with the AWS Backup service

AWS Backup service configures, tracks and manages backups across multiple data storage services. It can save time and resources, ...

Bookmark the latest top tips on AWS cloud development tools

Catch up on recent expert advice about important AWS updates for developers, including Step Functions integrations, expanded ...

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Creating an Oracle Multitenant container database and PDBs

Database administrator Brian Peasland outlines how to create the container and pluggable databases that are at the heart of the ...

Oracle cloud adoption and hybrid cloud adoption pros and cons

More businesses are adopting cloud systems or thinking about it. But cloud and hybrid cloud setups have pluses and minuses that ...

Oracle Digital Assistant unifies use of enterprise chatbots

With Oracle Digital Assistant, users are able to create digital assistants with multiple chatbots that handle different tasks to ...

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The power of enterprise collaboration software and tools

Research indicates that companies are snapping up enterprise collaboration software. But do they know how to boost worker ...

Acquia-Mautic acquisition underscores open source model

Holding to the strategy of building a digital experience platform based with open source roots, Acquia acquires Mautic, an open ...

Rise of headless CMS: Businesses move away from traditional WCM

Traditional web content management dominates the market, but as mobile and voice channels become increasingly important, ...

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Stay informed about Microsoft security patches in 2019

Administrators can get up-to-date information about Microsoft security updates and expert advice on patch prioritization to ...

How to add the App Compatibility Feature on Demand to Server Core

Microsoft closed the functionality gap between Server Core and full desktop deployments with the App Compatibility feature, but ...

May Patch Tuesday fixes zero-day, new Intel CPU bugs

Microsoft fixed 23 critical vulnerabilities in its latest monthly security updates, as well as patches for supported and ...