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Are you working in crisis mode and need some help? Organizations are reacting to rapidly changing demands because of the current escalating crisis. These demands are straining IT systems and, in particular, databases. Do you need to: ● Manage epi...

Capacity planning is an essential component of a successful business IT environment. Uptime Infrastructure Monitor provides excellent capacity planning capabilities as well as being a comprehensive monitoring solution.

After our interactive demonstration showing how to create a database from scratch quickly and easily with ER/Studio, we had a terrific post webinar discussion on this topic. I wanted to share with the community the video created as well as some docum...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the importance of healthcare information systems and databases. Monitoring is important to help database teams keep their systems running at peak efficiency and availability.

Manually comparing database schema and data can be a time-consuming, confusing, and error-prone task. Avoid spending hours searching through and scrutinizing data and the overall structure of databases. Avoid manually generating long and complicated ...

Securing your SQL Servers is a DBAs most important job. SQL Secure offers a wealth of features that make it easier to identify and address lapses in security before they become a real problem for your organization.

Aqua Data Studio can help IT departments save time and increase productivity. Database teams can use a single tool to access all of the multi-platform solutions found in a typical environment.

Business Intelligence is a key to organizations making the most out of their data assets. SQL BI Manager helps optimize the BI available from your SQL Servers and can assist a business gain a competitive edge in the market.

Every environment is different. SQL Diagnostic Manager has pre-configured metrics that it monitors and collects for historical review. Having the ability to extend this monitoring footprint is paramount. Obscure monitoring require...

The current trend for software development teams is to adopt a continuous delivery approach based on DevOps and agile development techniques. DevOps is relatively a new term, coined in 2009, defining software engineering practices that combine softwa...

Rapid SQL can help database teams cope with the challenges of writing high-performing code for multiple platforms. It contains a wealth of features that help increase the productivity and efficiency of database professionals.

SQL Safe Backup is an excellent tool for scheduling, encrypting, and performing backups of your SQL Server environment. Policy-based management and a centralized dashboard enable database teams to make sure their data is protected.

We are pleased to announce the general availability of SQL Inventory Manager 2.6. Existing users may upgrade to this version  through the Idera Customer Portal. New users may download the trial version from the Idera Website.   This release...

When sites experience high traffic volume, configuration changes and monitoring can help minimize the performance impact. SQL Diagnostic Manager for MySQL is a valuable tool for identifying problem queries and roadblocks to optimized performance.

SQL Diagnostic Manager distinguishes itself from typical monitoring tools because it is more than just a symptom-based monitoring tool, since it can give you deep-dive diagnostics. And even extend further than that to provide you recommendations. It ...

Extended Cloud Support, Get Lucky with Savings, Upcoming Events, and more! IDERA Database Tools Expand Support for Cloud-Hosted Databases Discover how our solutions empower organizations to manage the performance and availability of cloud and trad...

Small mistakes can have big implications in the financial services industry. Data governance can help businesses in that sector protect and use their data more efficiently. ER/Studio Enterprise Team Edition is a valuable tool for developing and implementing strong data governance policies.

Database migrations are unavoidable in the life of the average DBA. Virtualization and the cloud have made it more important than ever before. SQL Comparison Toolkit can help streamline and automate the process to increase the probability of success and minimize errors.

Reverse engineering is a valuable tactic that can help database teams migrate and consolidate systems. Aqua Data Studio provides two easy methods of performing reverse engineering among the many other features that make it a great tool for your DBAs and developers.

The monitoring of MySQL and MariaDB environments is much more straightforward with quality monitoring applications. The proper monitoring applications can let database administrators know when something may go wrong. SQL Diagnostic Manager for MySQL ...

We have been going back to basics with ER/Studio and making sure we do a great job at what the product sets out to deliver. We have narrowed down to 6 core use cases and a seventh which we will talk about lots more in future bogs. These use cases are...

Collaboration is an essential tool for successful businesses. ER/Studio Enterprise Team Edition provides a platform for organizational-wide collaboration with regard to the valuable data assets that drive modern business.

This is one of our larger clients. They are a huge financial organization. They use ER/Studio to document and design data assets. As they say "The value of having a good design versus a bad design is huge.” Check out the case study https:/...

Inventories are useful in many types of businesses from manufacturing to IT service providers. SQL Inventory Manager lets you know where all of your SQL Servers are located and enables you to investigate and report on their health. It helps you manage these valuable IT resources.