Business Continuity (SSQA.net)

Internet Database based Services find a suitable service provider

2008-07-02T08:31:00Z

When you have your business activities on the Internet then you have a major requirement to provide Business Continuity in finding the suitable/sustainable service provider. So I believe there are few key factors you need to consider such as the location of the provider, such as how easy it will be for you to reach the provider. Why? The reason I bring up distance is because it is really split in the industry. You have some saying I want it close to my office for convenience, then you have the other...(read more)

Achieving 99.99% Business Continuity with SQL Server tools

2008-06-06T07:39:00Z

Within the IT organisations it has been a huge expansion of increased challenges with regard to number of office locations and keep up the data consistent across the Enterprise. Travelling around the globe is a olden day myth and now even by sitting at your office or home you can obtain the required data, when it comes to Business or Sales using Business Intelligence with Microsoft Office integration is very easy to accomplish. This is where the requirement of availability has been increased and...(read more)

SQL Consolidation: Insights from Customers, Analysts & HP

2008-05-20T19:46:00Z

Featured Web Seminar: SQL Consolidation: Insights from Customers, Analysts & HP On-Demand Combat SQL Server Sprawl - Inside Experiences & Best Practices Microsoft SQL Server has enjoyed phenomenal success as a database server. Its relatively low cost, steadily increasing capabilities and ease of deployment have all combined to accelerate its growth. However, that same growth has led to a phenomenon commonly called SQL Server “sprawl”— the rampant, often uncontrolled, proliferation of SQL...(read more)

Justifying Business Continuity and Risk Management - Web Seminar

2008-04-07T23:01:00Z

Better enable your users to execute their job functions, regardless of any disastrous event Availability of mission-critical applications to all users at all times is a key component of justifying business continuity and risk management plans. Merging traditional disciplines such as high availability, disaster recovery and continuous operations to deal with planned and unplanned downtime is the key to creating and justifying 24x7 business continuity. This seminar will cover: Definition of Business...(read more)

Best Practices for Measuring and Managing Today's Complex Messaging Environment

2008-02-28T02:26:00Z

Like SQL Server Data, email is also an important aspect of day-to-day business life, more or less it is a business-critical communication tool, and downtime can be disastrous for your company. As like to the Disaster Recovery for your data, is your email environment performing at its highest level? Do you understand how the components in your messaging environment impact your company's ability to communicate with one another and with your customers? For the Business Continuity with main communication...(read more)

SQL Server and data protection compliance laws, what affects you?

2008-02-15T09:59:00Z

Are you aware whether your Enterprise has legal compliance on Sarbanes-Oxley or HIPAA ? First off what you should know about legal compliance is when it comes to the compliance matter on almost every business person's mind, Sarbanes-Oxley, there's good news and not so good news. The good news? Compliance can be an opportunity to help make your business more efficient, more profitable. The bad news? Many businesses underestimate what it takes to be compliant. Miles Consulting has the expertise to...(read more)

10 Best Practices for Data Archiving - all platforms

2007-12-31T12:44:00Z

When you think about effective data management, archiving will also play important role to manage your data. In this regard Windows Magazine has included best practices for your data management. Data privacy and identity theft have a higher profile in the minds of consumers but data retention issues have a far greater financial impact on businesses. Using an automated archive solution offers companies a way to capture a variety of data types and manage the data for compliance and litigation readiness....(read more)

Keep Everything Clear of the Doors - get safe online

2007-12-14T07:52:00Z

Security, whether it is for your home or systems you have to be very careful! Ed Gibson, Chief Cyber Security Advisor from Microsoft has articulated very nice article that will talk more about these aspects, we have had a brief meeting with Ed when I was at Microsoft TVP during SQLBits conference. You’ve seen it, read it, heard it so many times you’ve blocked it out … routine, mundane. . . but instinctively you take the necessary precautions. And the idiots who think they can beat the doors for gosh...(read more)

SQL Server 2005 Database Mirroring - basics and related resources

2007-12-10T10:33:00Z

To provide High Availability feature within your database environment you could take advantage of Database Mirroring when using SQL Server 2005. As with all critical databases, minimizing data loss and downtime are of the highest importance. Having "AlwaysOn" configuration within the SQL Server 2005 that allows a database to be highly available by automatically failing over to a “mirror” image of the database in the event of a disaster to the “principal” server. This feature is called Database Mirroring...(read more)

Improving Backup and Recovery RTO RPO in a SAN - think on your SQL Server environment

2007-12-06T18:47:00Z

Backup and restore practices are at the core of today's best business continuity plans. While backup and restore provides many benefits, it simultaneously presents a variety of challenges with lost data, the time it takes to restore data, and the costs of restoring lost data. This web seminar will explore SAN copy and replication methodologies, in conjunction with backup and restore, delivering more efficient operations and dramatically improving overall business continuity. - Current commonly used...(read more)

Comparing Email Management Systems that Protect Against Spam, Viruses, Malware & Phishing Attacks

2007-11-08T20:49:00Z

This is not SQL Server related, more kind of Business Continuity related! What's the best email management system for your business? What system is the most effective with virtually no downtime and is also easy to manage? Read this white paper to find out. Osterman Research surveyed organizations using Barracuda Spam Firewall, GFI Mail Essentials, McAfee GroupShield for Microsoft Exchange, Sunbelt Software Ninja Email Security and Symantec Brightmail to find the system that performed the best in:...(read more)

How to find which version of Analysis Services you are running?

2007-11-06T05:54:00Z

Using SELECT @@VERSION statement you can get simply get information of SQL Server you are running , when connected to that SQL Server instance. What if to know same for the Analysis Services components, we don't have such an easy way to find out! I mean there isn't a straight way to find out, but using few statements you could get it, by using following fashion: Analysis Services From the Start menu, point to Program Files, point to SQL Server 2000, point to Analysis Services, and then click Analysis...(read more)

Protect Against Internet-Based Threats

2007-10-01T08:05:00Z

While the Internet has become a necessary tool for business and also provides a vast array of options for personal use, it does have a dark side. Over the past several years, the Internet has become an increasingly dangerous place to work and play, with viruses, Phishing, Pharming and malicious web sites. This white paper will examine technologies that will help guard against Internet-based threats , such as: Software that identifies, analyzes, and categorizes applications and protocols. Honey Pots...(read more)

Your Disaster Recovery plan is only as good as the backup systems at its foundation?

2007-09-27T09:34:00Z

So how does your DR plan look like when it comes to reality? And you know the stats aren't pretty when it comes to business success rates after a disaster has hit. Make sure your data backup and DR plans are in check to avoid becoming a statistic when disaster strikes. Watch and listen to what our experts recommend for sound backup and DR strategy in these 3 Videocasts: * Building a DR Plan * Improving Backup Operations * How Archive and Encryption Impact Backup...(read more)

Software licenses - don't miss the bus, more important for an Audit

2007-08-11T10:21:00Z

Managing software licenses is a difficult job that is only going to get more complicated. Most organizations today face a number of serious challenges in this arena, from the complexity of vendor licensing models, to cost overruns, to missed deadlines, to missed business opportunities and lost productivity because employees don't have access to key applications. Not to mention the Pandora's Box of preparing for audits and regulatory compliance issues.

This Web seminar will take a close look at the basic best practices for preparing for audits and compliance with regulatory bodies, and help attendees learn how having visibility and control over software license usage can help them find their way through the thicket of complexity that is modern software license management. Attendees will learn ways their organizations can better handle these problems and how to choose a solution that best fits their needs.

There are many flexible benefits added to volume licensing with the products, so do not take any risk by ignoring this simple requirement.