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Data Security Nightmares: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Data security nightmares—they’re the stuff that keeps IT managers up at night. A single breach can cost your business millions and tarnish your reputation. Let’s explore some common data security mistakes and, more importantly, how to avoid them. Mistake 1: Weak...
Buda Database Patch News — August 2024
Welcome to Database Patch News, August 2024 Edition! Buda Consulting’s newsletter of current patch information for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. Here you’ll find information recently made available on patches—including security patches—and unsupported versions. Why...
Cloud Databases: The Sky’s the Limit for Your Data
Remember the days of bulky servers and endless cables? Thankfully, those days are behind us. Cloud databases are the future, offering unparalleled flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. If you’re still grounded by on-premises databases, it’s time to soar...
Why Your Business Needs a Data Overhaul: Top Signs You’re Due for a Database Upgrade
Ever feel like your business data system is held together by duct tape and a prayer? If your database management strategy is more outdated than your Myspace profile, it’s time for an upgrade. Here are the top signs that your business is due for a data overhaul. Sign...
Data Management 101: The Secret Sauce for Business Success
Data management—it's the secret sauce that can turn your business from a struggling startup into a thriving enterprise. Yet, so many businesses treat their data like an afterthought. If your data strategy consists of “hope and pray,” it’s time for a serious overhaul....
Cloud Computing vs. Local Databases: A Data Security Duel
Cloud vs. Local: The Debate on Data Storage Solutions In my experience, the debate between cloud computing and local databases for data storage is a central topic among IT professionals. Cloud computing, with its vast scalability and accessibility, has revolutionized...
Database Security Essentials: 10 Tips for Keeping Your Data Safe
In a world where data breaches are becoming more common, safeguarding your database has never been more critical. With the constant threat of unauthorized access, malicious activity, and insider threats, it's essential to implement robust security measures to keep...
Streamlining IT Support in NJ: Tips for Efficient and Effective Database Services
If you’re a small to midsized business (SMB) looking for comprehensive third-party IT support in NJ, you might have noticed a problem: many managed service providers (MSPs) do not specifically offer database administration (DBA) services. The care and feeding of...
Professional SQL Consulting Services: Unlock Your Data’s Full Potential
If you are looking for Microsoft SQL consulting services, it’s key to identify the right partner for your specific needs. Many organizations need help with SQL database operational tasks like performance tuning, troubleshooting database issues, or handling a...
SQL Server Consulting Services: Maximizing Your Database Performance and Security
As your company becomes increasingly data-driven and you initiate more database projects, your Microsoft SQL Server environment inevitably increases in size and complexity—and so does the trouble a faltering, crashed or insecure database can potentially cause. ...
5 Steps to Finding the Right SQL Server Consultant for Your Business
Sometimes the need for a Microsoft SQL Server consultant seems to sneak up on you. Your database responsiveness and availability appear to be okay. Then, somewhere in the organization, someone deploys a new database alongside a new application. All of a sudden, you’re...
The Real Risks of AI
The recent release of ChatGPT, Bard, DALL-E 2, and Stable Diffusion has caused a lot of excitement and a lot of fear. In this article, we are going to dive deep into the real risks of AI. The fear takes a few forms. Some are afraid that this will lead to computers...
Securing Your Database: The Importance of SQL Server Audit to Safeguard CUI
Businesses that handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) or other sensitive data need to comply with applicable information security and privacy regulations to minimize the risk of a data breach, data loss, and other threats to data confidentiality, integrity,...
Oracle SQL Firewall: A New Feature That Blocks Top Database Attacks in Real-Time
Oracle 23c introduces a very powerful and easy-to-use database security feature that many users will want to try, especially for web application workloads. Called Oracle SQL Firewall, it offers real-time protection from within the database kernel against both external...
Navigating Database Cloud Migration: How to Choose the Best Cloud Migration Services
Thinking of moving your database from your data center to a cloud or managed hosting provider? There are lots of options, and choosing the right cloud migration services for your workload takes research and planning. To get the most business value from your move to...
The Importance of Oracle Database Performance Tuning
Oracle databases are the beating heart of many companies, supporting mission-critical online transactions and analytics. Monitoring Oracle database health and proactively identifying bottlenecks can help avoid slow or unresponsive applications that impact users’...
5 Tips for a Successful Oracle Database Migration
Companies need to migrate Oracle data for a long list of reasons, such as moving workloads from on-premises to a cloud or managed hosting environment, implementing a new system, or launching a big data initiative. But whatever their aim, Oracle database migration...
The Ultimate Oracle Database Security Assessment Checklist for 2023
They are two simple words, but they are two of the most feared words in business: Data Breach! When companies lose their data, they also lose stakeholder trust and the ability to conduct “business as usual.” One common security gap is that many companies focus on...
Testing Your Oracle Database Disaster Recovery Plan
Your Oracle database needs its own disaster recovery (DR) plan to ensure that its recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO) are met in the event of an outage. Some level of Oracle database disaster recovery testing is the only way to shake out...
RTO vs RPO: Which Should You Prioritize for Disaster Recovery?
Disasters can range from a critical database crashing to a ransomware attack to the complete stoppage of your business operations. Whatever happens, two concerns top the list: how long will it take you to recover, and how much data will you lose? To make sure you...