OpenMinds 2016 Database Research

The 'Get Animated about Research' article shares details about my research with the kind help of my friend Andrew Fryer. The article on page 10-12 is in the annual OpenMinds 2016 magazine dubbed 'the journal for enquiring minds', The Open University alumni publication.

Document Database Comparisions

Azure DocumentDB is a NoSQL database that leverages a write-optimised, latch-free database engine service for highly available and globally distributed apps.








An interesting comparison of DocumentDB offerings.

Database Lifecycle Management

This survey report released discusses the expertise required for managing data complexity. The findings identify the need for database expertise to manage this challenging environment.

Systems Thinking can help Database Management

A different way to think about managing database systems is using systems thinking. A fun animation about systems thinking and evaluation.

DBaaS - Transforming Database Management

There have been various reports about Database as a Service.

The 451 Research October 2015 report on the state of Database as a Service 

The Report












IBM State of DBaaS 2016 report - Database-as-a-Service

The Report

The State of DevOps

Puppet labs have been reporting on the current state of DevOps over the last 4 years.  They promote the need to get on board with DevOps or be left behind. The 2015 report can be found here.







Modern IT: DevOps to ITIL, Creating a Complete Lifecycle for Service Management free training.
  

The training looks at merging the DevOps movement of DevOps into existing ITIL service management practices. DevOps practices and techniques can be used with established ITIL service management framework, to get the best of both worlds from development and operating environments.

The Wait is Over: SQL Server 2016 General Availability and Tools

SQL Server 2016 is generally available today. The release blog provides more details. The full featured Developer Edition is free. This can be downloaded. 
  

The generally available release of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is annouced today. It provides a means for accessing, configuring, managing, administering, and developing all components of SQL Server. SSMS combines a broad group of graphical tools with a number of rich script editor. It features improved compatibility with previous versions of SQL Server, a stand-alone web installer, and toast notifications within SSMS when new releases become available.

The SQL Server 2016 RTM build is 13.0.1601.5. SSMS 2016 has a build number of 13.0.15000.23.

SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) for Visual Studio 2015 is now generally available.

SSDT can be  downloaded for free to build SQL Server relational databases, Azure SQL databases, Integration Services packages, Analysis Services data models, and Reporting Services reports.

The SQL Server 2016 free e-book can be downloaded. It  covers

• Mission-Critical Performance: Chapters cover faster queries, better security, higher availability, and the improved database engine.
• Deeper Insights Across Data: Chapters cover the broader data access, increased analytics, and better reporting in SQL Server 2016.
• Hyperscale Cloud: Chapters cover the improvements in Azure SQL Database and how to expand your options with SQL Data Warehouse.