It’s been an interesting ride, optimizing SQL Server, figuring out best use cases for the different flavors of SQL Server that we have come to rely on, and we’re seeing those choices pay off in terms of management, performance, and cost savings. The “flavors” I’m speaking of? AWS RDS SQL Server, Azure SQL DB specifically. Our event platform is based […]
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Selecting a Data Platform
The whole process of selecting the right platform and the right tools to support it is continuing to become more and more complex. It’s not just a matter of selecting a provider, but an approach to getting the job done. There are many different things to consider at different levels of this choice, and it will depend quite a lot […]
Security or Convenience?
According to MorningBrew, the current Smartphone market is a bit of a complicated one. While nearly half of the world relies heavily on these devices, the market for them is unstable right now, as people either hang on to their older models or opt for more affordable ones. Upgrade, Upgrade, Upgrade!Samsung’s newest model, the Samsung 10+ 5G costs a pretty […]
Cloud Services a Commodity?
We have a number of services that are hosted with cloud providers – from this site’s hosting to our virtual event platform and others, it’s interesting to see cloud evolve and provide some killer support for deploying cool solutions. One of the things that we’ve been seeing more and more though is a “yeah, us too!” type of approach to […]
Surprising Results, Moving SQL Server to RDS
We’ve recently moved a heavily used SQL Server instance from a VM-based installation to an RDS (Amazon, SaaS) solution. The server instance was not dedicated (don’t get me started) and, under load, would feel the pain of that type of installation. We would see loading that would approach 90% with frequent spikes to 100% depending on what was happening, jobs, […]
Data Flow and Capacity… and Knowing All The Variables
Data sources are certainly something that should be on nearly everyone’s radar. With more devices, more analysis and more utility coming from information than ever before, it’s pretty obvious that our pendulum associated with being a data professional will have yet more swings in the direction of managing performance as things expand. This post from was interesting as they tried […]