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Scripting Changes to Partitioned Tables with SQL Compare

A customer recently asked if Redgate's comparison engine is able to generate code to split partitions when a partitioned table is modified. Yes, it can! In this video we demonstrate this in SQL Compare, but the same functionality is also available for automated deployments from SQL Source Control and SQL Change Automation, which use the SQL Compare Engine.

Migrating the Launchpad Keyservers from SKS to Hockeypuck

Ubuntu and Launchpad use OpenPGP keys heavily. Each source package is signed with the uploader’s key, and binary and source package downloads from Ubuntu’s primary archives and from users’ Personal Package Archives (PPAs) are indirectly signed by the publisher process with per-archive keys of its own. Access to Launchpad’s bug-manipulation interface is also controlled by OpenPGP. As a result, Launchpad needs a reliable key-storage and synchronization mechanism.

re:Invent 2020 week 1: The Year of Serverless

The first keynote is over, the talks have started, and the AWS Heroes all got to feel motion-sick but appreciated in their AWS-supplied VR helmets. Good one Tom Here are my week 1 thoughts: Throughout the keynote it was clear that serverless is here to stay. One detail stood out to me above all others: Nearly half of all new compute workloads in Amazon in 2020 were Lambda based. During Andy Jassy’s keynote, a veritable wall of major customers that use Lambda.

Virtana Platform Demo Launch

The Virtana Platform’s embedded intelligence leverages machine learning and advanced data analytics to provide you with a deep understanding of application workloads so you can make data-driven decisions about their cloud migration. The platform is cloud agnostic so you can unify workload migration, optimization, and management across all the leading public cloud providers to meet your workload performance and cost requirements.

Setting up IT budget for 2021

The global COVID-19 pandemic crisis has proved to be a catalyst for change for organizations. Businesses have been spurred to continue investing more in IT budget to secure and support their remote workforce operations in spite of slow revenue growth due to the pandemic. According to a survey of more than 1,000 businesses by Spiceworks Ziff Davis, 76 percent of them plan on implementing long-term IT changes in their IT budget and 44 percent plan on accelerating their digital transformation plans.

Netdata and StackPulse: Per-second metrics meet automated remediation

Teams of all types use Netdata to monitor the health of their nodes with preconfigured alarms and real-time interactive visualizations, and when incidents happen, they troubleshoot issues with thousands of per-second metrics on Netdata Cloud. But based on the complexity of the team and the infrastructure they monitor, some parts of their incident management, such as pre-planned communication and escalation processes, or even automated remediation, need to happen outside of the Netdata ecosystem.

Case study: Genesys' journey to the cloud and DevOps excellence

Continuous improvement and learning are two of the core tenets of the Genesys Cloud Native solutions team. In this session, Kal Patel, Principal Architect at Genesys will discuss how they use Sumo Logic Analytics across the company (from engineering, ops to security to customer support). Kal will also share insights on how the continuous improvement and learnings mindset has influenced his organization.

Docker Images Without Docker - A Practical Guide

The most well-known security flaw in Docker is that it requires root access to build your Docker images with the Docker daemon. We have all read at least once that you should be careful using root access. This tutorial will take a look at the downsides of using Docker and Docker alternatives to combat those.