tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-362123 2012-09-10T05:37:08+10:00 Best Practice based SQL Server Management TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455f05669e2017c31c10748970b 2012-09-10T05:37:08+10:00 2012-09-10T05:37:08+10:00

Recently I advised that Red Rock Consulting’s RockSolid division had been chosen as a finalist Microsoft’s global partner of the year awards. Well following on from this, I am pleased to announce we are the WINNER of the Microsoft Australia...

RockSolid tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455f05669e2017c31945ded970b 2012-09-01T07:54:25+10:00 2012-09-01T07:54:25+10:00

AWE memory management no longer exists in SQL 2012. This might be something to take into consideration if clients are still running 32-Bit SQL and planning to upgrade SQL. As it could mean the total memory used via SQL would...

RockSolid tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455f05669e2017d3bc2ef2c970c 2012-09-01T07:44:38+10:00 2012-09-01T07:46:02+10:00

Red Rock Consulting proudly announced it has been named as a finalist of the 2012 MAPA Microsoft Partner of the Year Award for Data Platform Partner Of The Year. The company was selected from a national field of top Microsoft Partners for delivering market-leading customer solutions built on the Microsoft platform.

RockSolid tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455f05669e2016768f15a2d970b 2012-07-31T14:15:54+10:00 2012-07-31T14:15:54+10:00

AUSTRALIA — July 26, 2012- Red Rock Consulting has announced they have been selected as a finalist for the Microsoft Data Platform Partner of the Year Award for their enterprise SQL Server management solution, RockSolid. Head of Red Rock Consulting’s...

RockSolid tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455f05669e20168e7c216d0970c 2012-02-22T09:53:55+11:00 2012-02-22T09:53:55+11:00

You are invited to connect live, globally, to the virtual launch event of SQL Server 2012 and check in to the RockSolid SQL booth for detailed product information and current offers. More than 40 subsidiaries and 27 global Microsoft partners...

RockSolid tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455f05669e2016762c0355c970b 2012-02-22T09:51:43+11:00 2012-02-22T09:51:43+11:00

With the release of SQL Server 2012 about to occur next month you may wonder why you would upgrade now. Surely the smart thing to do is to wait for SQL Server 2012, then upgrade to the latest version? Well...

RockSolid tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455f05669e20162fbe35df9970d 2011-10-25T07:49:44+11:00 2011-10-25T07:49:44+11:00

For those who have requested the slides from last weeks webinar, we have published them on SlideShare: Big Data, NoSQL, NewSQL & The Future of Data Management View more presentations from Tony Bain

RockSolid tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455f05669e2015435ed16ea970c 2011-10-06T14:33:07+11:00 2011-10-06T14:33:07+11:00

It is an exciting and interesting time to be involved in data. More change of influence has occurred in the database management in the last 18 months than has occurred in the last 18 years. New technologies such as NoSQL...

RockSolid tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455f05669e201543545aa19970c 2011-09-09T15:17:10+10:00 2011-09-09T15:17:10+10:00

ODBC was first created in 1992 as a generic set of standards for providing access to a wide range of data platforms using a standard interface. ODBC used to be a common interface for accessing SQL Server data in earlier...

RockSolid tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455f05669e20133f2e12d3a970b 2010-08-06T14:16:06+10:00 2010-08-06T14:20:37+10:00

Image via Wikipedia Previously our SQL Server DBA Out-Task SLAs we have had a targeted SEV1 24x7 response time of 60 minutes. If you have checked out our SLA Stats page recently you will notice that we are tracking much...

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