What’s the stickiest SQL Server problem you’ve ever solved? Send a 600-800 word description of your tough database admin, development, or business intelligence problem and how you solved it to mkeller@sqlmag.com by Friday, September 24th. Your...

Today, I added two free tools to the Mega Guide to Free SQL Server Tools--Jaspersoft Community Projects and Pentaho BI Suite Community Edition (CE), both of which are open-source business intelligence tools. As I added these tools to the list, I...

At TechEd 2010, I had the opportunity to sit down with Kevin Kline, strategy manager for SQL Server at Quest Software, and Brent Ozar, a SQL Server DBA expert for Quest Software, to discuss the trends they’re seeing in the SQL Server community...

Everyone needs storage, but it can be difficult to determine what type of storage you actually need for your SQL Server environment. It can be especially hard to decide whether to upgrade to solid state disk (SSD) storage. At TechEd 2010, I spoke...

What the heck is the NoSQL movement all about, and how does it affect SQL Server developers and DBAs? I got the chance to ask Kevin Kline, strategy manager for SQL Server at Quest Software, and Brent Ozar, a SQL Server DBA expert for Quest...

Despite the fact that few people in the SQL Server community appear to be using, or even testing, cloud computing in their environments, it was a main focus of the TechEd 2010 keynote, and the topic seemed to pop up in many of the discussions I...

Virtualization, cloud computing, and SQL Server 2008 R2 seem to be popular topics of conversation in the SQL Server community lately and rightfully so. Virtualizing your SQL Server instances is becoming easier to do, cloud computing is available...

Bradmark Technologies announces SurveillanceDB 4.3, a suite that offers real-time monitoring, issue identification and resolution, rules-based event management, data archiving, and reporting. According to the vendor, benefits gained from the...

Idera announced SQL virtual database 1.3, the latest release of a solution that allows backup files to look and act like a SQL Server database within SQL Server Management Studio and other SQL Server applications. This lets users run queries...

Embarcadero Technologies introduced DBArtisan XE, a solution that lets DBAs maximize the performance of their databases regardless of database type. DBArtisan XE helps database administrators manage and optimize the schema, security, performance...