Meltdown and Spectre – What You Need to Know

Unless you have been away on an extended, off-the-grid vacation for the first part of 2018 chances are you have heard about and are preparing for the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. The news hit the streets before a planned public announcement could be made by impacted companies, Intel, Apple and Microsoft to name a few.  […]

Being Selective with Your IT Training Budget

If you have ever had to enter or approve a line item for employee training in your budget, then you already know it is a considerable expense.  Sending IT professionals off to training can be a worthwhile expense that can actually save your company thousands of dollars or it can be a complete disaster leaving […]

SQLWatchmen Partners with OnRamp

SQLWatchmen is pleased to announce its strategic channel partnership with OnRamp a HITRUST-certified data center services company focused on high security, compliance, and hybrid hosting needs. As an SSAE 16 SOC 2 Type 2 and SOC 3, PCI-DSS certified, and HIPAA compliant company, OnRamp operates multiple enterprise-class data centers to deploy cloud computing, colocation, and managed […]

RedGate joins SQLWatchmen at InnoTech Austin

We wanted to remind everyone that this Thursday is the much anticipated InnoTech Austin IT event. If you haven’t registered yet, keep reading to see how you can attend for free. Come Meet Us and RedGate Not only are we looking forward to the event, but are very excited to announce that one of our partners, RedGate, will be […]

Planning Your 2018 IT Budget

It’s that time of year that a good amount of IT departments are dedicating time to researching and planning for their 2018 IT budgets. As you know, the growth of your company and it’s data depends heavily on your IT infrastructure, so the decisions you make and the costs of those choices are very critical. […]

The SQL Performance Needle in a Haystack

Technical communities are thriving and the knowledge they provide to professionals is immense.  In the SQL Server community especially, countless blog sites, forum posts, tweets, webinars and white papers exist that help DBAs solve tough problems every day and we are all fortunate to have such information available to us with a simple Web search. Sometimes, […]

SQLWatchmen is now a Redgate Certified Partner

We are very excited to announce that SQLWatchmen is now a Redgate Certified Partner. For those unfamiliar with Redgate, they are a leading provider of software for professionals working on the Microsoft data platform. Our favorite product from Redgate is their SQL Toolbelt. This suite of tools helps users implement DevOps best practice for their databases, […]

SQL Server 2017 – General Release Available Today!

Microsoft announced the much anticipated SQL Server 2017 release is available for download today. This version is packed with so many features, here are just a few of what we’re looking forward to here at SQLWatchmen: Always On Availibility Group – supporting the ability to cross database transactions among all databases, as well as, clusterless […]