Security is a concern whether it be on-premises or cloud-native. Google Cloud offers many products and services including SQL Server. What are some of the security controls that should be considered when using Google Cloud services?
2023-07-28
By developing a strong business case, building key relationships, using budgeting and forecasting tools, and providing training and support, tech leaders can effectively sell the benefits of the cloud and influence change.
2023-07-10
This article looks at four security best practices for protecting databases in AWS along with how GuardDuty can be used to provide additional security.
2023-05-17
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Many businesses are hesitant to adopt cloud technology due to security, cost, and complexity concerns. This can make it challenging for organizations to sell the benefits, leading to missed opportunities. Learn about different techniques to help sell cloud technology in your organization.
2023-05-12
Learn about high availability in the cloud at a conceptual level.
2022-03-28
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Introduction I recently passed the Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer certification exam, Professional Data Engineer Certification. It took me about five month to prepare for this, and I would like to share my thoughts of why I decided to take it on and how I prepared for it. At the moment, Google cloud (GCP) is […]
2021-03-15
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Learn how you can create a SQL Server instance in the Google Cloud Platform.
2019-09-26
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Your databases are hosted in the cloud – either in VMs or in a database-as-a-service – and you’re having a performance emergency that’s lasted for more than a day. Queries are slow, customers are getting frustrated, and you’re just not able to get a fix in quickly. Just ask management if they want to throw hardware at it.
2019-05-10
Data analytics has become one of the powerful domains in the world of data science. An enormous amount of data is being generated by each organization in every sector. Computer science has found solutions to store and process this data in a smart way through a distributed file system. One such example is Azure Data Lake. It uses the Hadoop Distributed File System, and to perform analytics on this data, Azure Data Lake storage is integrated with Azure Data Analytics Service and HDInsight. In this article, Suhas Pande will explain how to store data using Azure Data Lake and how to perform data analysis on it using U-SQL, a big data SQL and C# language.
2019-04-29
Identities, the 'accounts' by which Cloud and Web users identify themselves, are tricky to manage, and tiresome for the users. Cloud services such as Office 365 have their main use in large organisations and so there have to be easy ways for system administrators to maintain them. Microsoft provide three alternative strategies; Cloud identities, Synced identities and federated identities. What is the differences between them, and which should you choose?
2014-12-11
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By Steve Jones
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Let’s start with the keynote. The biggest take away was how having to support...
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In my SQL Server 2022 database, I run this:
USE Sales; GO CREATE DATABASE ENCRYPTION KEY WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256 ENCRYPTION BY SERVER CERTIFICATE MyServerCert; GOThis works, but I want to prepare for the future and potential issues. How do I back up my DEK? See possible answers