Microsoft recently announced a major licensing change that may benefit you. Any licensed SQL Server 2012 and newer is now allowed up to three free secondary replicas including High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Azure secondaries. While deployments in Azure reap benefits like cost savings, connecting on-premises primary replicas to secondary replicas in Azure can be Read More…
For the first time in history, the 2020 NFL Draft was held “virtually” this year. With the NFL, like the rest of the world, endeavoring to safely navigate the Coronavirus pandemic, the originally scheduled venue in Las Vegas was nixed in favor of having NFL teams make their selections from home via videoconferencing on April Read More…
The pandemic of COVID-19 has turned into a truly unprecedented event—significantly impacting all facets of our world in a way we never imagined. Appropriately, many organizations including our own have advised employees to work from home (WFH) indefinitely to avoid risk of infection and further spread of the virus. However, we know that accommodating this Read More…
Sometimes, tradeshow success can be a tough metric to measure. Other times—like at RSA Conference 2020—we’re already planning our approach for next year’s show before we even get on the plane to go home! Our experience at RSA Conference in San Francisco last week was extraordinary, and it has inspired a whole new level of Read More…
Picture this. Your friend just bought a ridiculously cool new Lamborghini—fully loaded with every gadget you can think of, and a sound system that will knock your socks off. Naturally, you are pumped to go for a ride. However, when you get there you learn that your friend decided to outfit their $1.3 million supercar Read More…
RSA Conference Checklist Hundreds of exciting organizations and technologies on the expo floor Keynotes and other presentations from brilliant industry minds Hands-on trainings and interactive sessions to help tune your own skills Invaluable networking opportunities with excellent food and refreshments The beautiful backdrop of the San Francisco Bay Area Needless to say, RSA puts on Read More…
Many thanks to all who joined us for our webinar this week, “Edwin Sarmiento Presents: High Availability Options for SQL Server on Linux.” We’ve had the privilege of having SQL Server MCM and Data Platform MVP, Edwin Sarmiento, join us for several webinars over the past years, but this was the first time we got Read More…
We’re aiming to get 2020 started off with some unique content right off the bat, so our good friend Edwin Sarmiento will be joining me for our first webinar of the New Year. Edwin has been a SQL Server MCM and Data Platform MVP for many years, and is one of the IT industry’s leading Read More…
You’re telling me I have a private bathroom, a full kitchen stocked with all my favorite foods, and I can work ALL DAY in my pajamas if I want to!? What was once a perk offered by only the most hip and trendy organizations is now commonplace in 2020. More people than ever before are Read More…
We have officially closed out the decade in which DH2i was founded. So many incredible things have happened over the course of DH2i’s life since its inception in 2010. Perhaps most notably, the past couple years have seen a significant diversification in the software offerings of our organization. Along with continuing to offer our battle-tested Read More…
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” It’s a timeless proverb that can be cost-effectively applied to many aspects of our consumerist culture. However, there are some things in this world where it pays to be a little more proactive—one of which is perimeter security for your organization. Any IT pro worth his or her Read More…
The year 2020 is right around the corner, and we’ve observed an especially prevalent new year’s resolution among the IT community. Everyone is thinking about heading to SQL Server on Linux! It’s true; we’re really beginning to cross the threshold to mass adoption. While the new platform brings along some inherent differences, one thing definitely Read More…
