SQL 2012 is here, and while many of you may be abiding the “not until SP1″ mantra for production rollout, now is a good time to bone up on the licensing changes. If you’d rather avoid the 35-page Microsoft tome, you can take a look at the still formidable but more digestible 1,215-word review below. I’ll look first at how to handle the licensing for a new deployment, then discuss some of the edition changes, software assurance, and then upgrade paths.
DR plan testing is an essential element of any organization’s capability to recover from a disaster. A comprehensive testing program helps identify plan deficiencies and creates areas for improvement. In turn this also creates confidence within your recovery teams as they become more comfortable with the plan. Your team must be ready to execute and not have a “deer in the headlights” response if the flag ever goes up.
My colleague Michael C shared a rather thoughtful response to yesterday’s post, so I thought I’d share it with everyone:
Ehhh… bit of a stretch. Apple is a freight train right now so predicting their death might be a little too much hyperbole. But to your point about Jobs focusing on the success of the product more than giving into market demands, I offer you one recent example… the antenna of the iphone 4. That was a disaster and it was something that happened on Job’s watch, right?
OK, perhaps I’ve taken to a bit of hyperbole in my headline–this is a personal theory, based widely on conjecture and my own analysis of market trends, but:
I think this is the beginning of the end for Apple.
Hello Gentle Readers. We had such a great response to our last advice column that we decided to keep publishing your questions. This act of public service hopes to further the BC/DR industry and help those who may be struggling with their efforts.
Q1 of 2012 is off and running to an IT hiring frenzy like that of 1998, but with a difference. Due to the three hump roller coaster of hiring and lay-off and recessions from 2001, 2004 and 2008, companies are desperate to bring their technology infrastructure up to speed and move forward in the Cloud. So this means updating the infrastructure gear and hiring top talent for data center set up and applications refresh for efficiency. Now that companies have the vision and financial investment, they need human capital to begin. Translation: IT unemployment is less that 2%!!! Continue reading
“I don’t need disaster recovery; I’m already doing nightly backups of my data. Besides, I’m not in an area where I have to worry about threats from weather.” Many companies share this train of thought. While it may be a truthful statement, the reality is that no matter where you are, a disaster could impact your business. Continue reading
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