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Database Housekeeping in the New Year

Percona

Now it is time to get your databases ready for the rest of the year. Third, double-check the version of the software that is in use. It does help to look at the loss of security vulnerabilities for your software, such as this list for PostgreSQL , to assure yourself that your instances are not exposed. Welcome to 2023!

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Empowering IT Infrastructure Management With CMDB

DZone

The Configuration Management Database (CMDB) has emerged as a powerful solution, revolutionizing the way businesses manage and optimize their IT environments. Understanding the Essence of CMDB A Configuration Management Database (CMDB) is a centralized repository that stores information about configuration items (CIs) in an IT environment.

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What is application security monitoring?

Dynatrace

Cloud applications are built with the help of a software supply chain, such as OSS libraries and third-party software. According to recent research , 68% of CISOs say vulnerability management has become more difficult due to increased software supply chain and cloud complexity.

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Why you should benchmark your database using stored procedures

HammerDB

HammerDB uses stored procedures to achieve maximum throughput when benchmarking your database. However, there can be a lack of understanding of the benefits that stored procedures bring or if you have a benchmarking tool or database that doesn’t support stored procedures, then you have nothing to compare against.

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Trace, diagnose, resolve: Introducing the Infrastructure & Operations app for streamlined troubleshooting

Dynatrace

Any problem, such as a simple software update overburdening a critical database, can cause a ripple effect that degrades the performance of dependent services or applications. For example, an unnoticed database strain could slow down the response time of a web frontend, resulting in poor user experience.

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Should You Keep Your Business Logic In Your Database?

Percona

Open source database architects usually do not implement business logic in their databases. This is in stark contrast to many commercial databases where this is a common practice. In the first case, all the heuristics are kept at the application layer, and the database has little or no effect on the data quality.

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Easily monitor IBM i with updated Dynatrace extension

Dynatrace

It also includes various built-in software components for database management, security, and application development. It then collects performance data using existing database services running on your system. Gaining knowledge about IBM i performance can be a challenging and pricey task. How does the extension work?