Introduction and Background About House of Brick In our over twenty-five-year history at House of Brick, we have worked with tens of thousands of Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL customers on all types of database initiatives related to optimization, performance, business continuity, compliance, and best practices. Our consulting expertise was not just specific to the database engine but also advising Clients how to best utilize the different platforms available for deployment (on-prem, virtual, converged/hyper-converged,
Introduction Oracle customers who find themselves in certain precarious situations relative to their Oracle licensing often find that the cure-all salve from Oracle is the
In June of 2023 Oracle announced support for their database on ARM-based platforms. The significance of this is the fact that ARM architecture is making significant
The biggest risk our clients face related to Oracle licensing is the risk of unknowingly using database features. With Oracle, these features all require a
Business Case for OLA The lifecycle of public cloud adoption for mission critical workloads continues to progress. More of our clients every year embrace public
As database administrators, one of our key responsibilities is to maintain the security and integrity of the database. I have seen many examples where we
In January of 2023 Oracle updated their Java price list to change the metric for Java subscriptions. The change was from traditional processor and user
Monitoring for License Compliance in VMware-based Private Cloud Environments In part 3 of our series on calculating the potential cost of non-compliance in private and
This post is the second in our content series on exploring the risks of non-compliance with security, financial, architectural, or vendor requirements when deploying mission/business-critical
There are numerous options for scripting common SQL Server tasks. Most tasks can be scripted and many times the need evolves as the environment changes.
This post is the first in our content series on exploring the risks of non-compliance with security, financial, architectural, or vendor requirements when deploying mission/business-critical
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