SharePoint Farm Explained: What It Is and How To Use It

September 27, 2021

If your organization needs data security and a convenient way to share, store, and organize content, you may already be using SharePoint. If you aren’t already using SharePoint, it may be time to start. Customizable and scalable, SharePoint is a powerful and industry-leading web-based tool that facilitates workplace collaboration. When using SharePoint, ensuring SharePoint server … Read more SharePoint Farm Explained: What It Is and How To Use It

6 FileZilla Alternatives for Safe File Transfers

September 23, 2021

For nearly three decades, developers have been using File Transfer Protocol, or FTP, to transfer files. However, using FTP can leave your data and passwords vulnerable during the transfer, as FTP doesn’t encrypt passwords. Consequently, many developers have switched to using Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) or File Transfer Protocol over SSL (FTP/S). Using an … Read more 6 FileZilla Alternatives for Safe File Transfers

Spotting and Avoiding Database Drift

September 8, 2021

Managing any database ecosystem is difficult enough: taking backups, maintaining statistics, and doing performance tuning all tax the time of the DBA or database developer. The job is complex even without considering the work you do to manage the various schema and data drifts that can occur. Unless you operate in a vacuum or within … Read more Spotting and Avoiding Database Drift

Azure Service Bus Explained: What It Is, How To Use It, and How To Monitor It

August 31, 2021

Azure is a flexible and scalable cloud computing service announced in 2008, released in 2010 as Windows Azure, and renamed Microsoft Azure in 2014. While traditional IT infrastructure requires you to manage on-premises servers, Azure takes a cloud-based approach, so you can build, run, and manage your applications with a Microsoft-managed global cloud storage site. … Read more Azure Service Bus Explained: What It Is, How To Use It, and How To Monitor It

Basic SQL Server Query Tuning Secrets Every SQL Admin Should Know

August 24, 2021

The performance of your applications is a complex, multi-layered puzzle. Performance can be negatively impacted at the application layer or even by remote calls to networked services. However, the most common bottleneck for applications is the data storage layer. The most common data storage tier for applications is a relational database, whose performance can vary … Read more Basic SQL Server Query Tuning Secrets Every SQL Admin Should Know

5 Tips to Build a Great Knowledge Base

August 16, 2021

Today employees seek instant online help and prefer technical support through an online information base instead of waiting for a human support technician to respond via email or call. To meet high service expectations, enterprises strive to build a simple and comprehensive knowledge base that empowers employees to resolve issues in a few clicks. A … Read more 5 Tips to Build a Great Knowledge Base

Vendor Management Software

August 11, 2021

Keeping track of all the vendors your business relies on can be challenging. As your company grows, you’ll likely come to rely on a broad assortment of suppliers with rotating inventories and varying prices. Fortunately, vendor management software and other procurement tools can simplify software, hardware, and service purchases when they’re needed. If you have … Read more Vendor Management Software