Now, Internet-hosted distributed applications with connectivity to internal applications—often referred as Software plus Services (S+S)—are gaining popularity. Organizations are leveraging datacenters hosted by third parties to alleviate concerns about hardware, software, reliability, and scalability. These are just some of the new architecture trends that help you build interoperable applications that scale, reduce capital expenditure, and improve reliability. Cloud computing offers many of these benefits.

Scaling up vs. scaling out with SQL Server 2008

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Scalability

To scale your SQL Server properly means to make it bigger and better. But what is the best method for 2008?

When a Community Rallies!

by Lynn Pettis

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SQL Server Central

I have been a bit lax these past few days, but I have been having a bit of a writers block not knowing what to write about. Well, I realized this evening there is something worth writing about, and it is happening right now on SQLServerCentral.com. An...

Flash

by Steve Jones

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Flash. Flash Gordon. There have been a few "Flash"es in Steve Jones career, and the newest one looks interesting.

Sending Mail In SSIS Using Script Task- Simpler and Flexible Approach

by Manish Sinha

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Integration Services (SSIS)

Script Task in SSIS can provide simpler implementation of complex mail functionality in comparison to Send Mail task.

Auditing Failed Logins in SQL Server

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An auditor has taken a look at our SQL Servers and has told us that we need to audit login failures to the SQL Servers themselves. How do we do this?

Bonuses – Management Inequalities

by Steve Jones

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If you own a business, I believe that you have a right to make more money than the rest of your employees. You are taking on a risk, and greater risk should result in greater reward, at least that’s how capitalism is supposed to work. But what about management...

Median Workbench

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SQL Server database engine doesn't have a MEDIAN() aggregate function. This is probably because there are several types of median, such as statistical, financial or vector medians. Calculating Medians are essentially a row-positioning task, since medians are the middle value of an ordered result. Easy to do in SQL? Nope. Joe Celko explains why.