DATABASES
SQL SERVER PERFORMANCE TUNING: Backward Scanning of an Index. One of the key areas to investigate during performance optimization is the indexing strategy. Not building the right index based on the read pattern may be disastrous specially when databases are big. Read more
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SQL SERVER: Create Login with SID – Method to Synchronize Logins on Secondary Server. How many times you had a problem where you have deployed a high availability solution, but the application is not able to use database and getting login failed for user after failover? Note that this issue would happen only with SQL Logins not Windows Login. Read more
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OPEN SOURCE: RethinkDB Launches 2.0, Empowers Developers to Build Scalable Real-time Applications. RethinkDB 2.0 is now available. Version 2.0 will contain options for commercial support, improved performance and stability and is the company’s first production-ready release. RethinkDB 2.0 is designed to make building and scaling realtime apps dramatically easier for developers everywhere by utilizing a new database access model that continuously pushes data to applications in real-time. Read more
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WEB 2.0 NEWS
BACK TO BASICS: Is Web 1.0 Making A Comeback? Is your website optimized for Netscape 2.0? Fifteen years ago that was a critical question in IT, but it’s those early days of the internet that some yearn for. Back in the 1990s, chat rooms weren’t global platforms demanding participation, and hosted no advertising. Read more
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FREE WEB RESOURCES: 85+ Best Free Responsive WordPress Themes. WordPress has been ended up being the most mainstream CMS of this era and everybody has acknowledged it for its shake strong highlights and execution. The light weight structure has empowered the execution we require to view our site quick on our normal cell phones like tablets, cell phones, portable workstations and so forth. Read more
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CITIZEN INTERACTION: How IoT Will Reshape Government. The world’s governments are under pressure to improve end-to-end citizen experience, optimise resource allocation, and re-imagine the way their employees, partners, and suppliers contribute to service delivery. In an IOT Government report market watcher IDC exposed technologies such as cloud, mobile, social, and Big Data, which will create opportunities to deliver original business capabilities along with the accelerated innovation in areas such as robotics, natural interfaces, cognitive systems, and IoT. Read more
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SURVEILLANCE NEWS
ENCRYPTION: More And More Companies Use It, Despite Nasty Tech Headaches. Just over a third (36 percent) of organisations said they now have an enterprise-wide encryption strategy in place, a number that has been steadily rising from the 15 percent reported a decade ago, according to a survey. Read more
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DRONE SPYING: North Dakota Governor Signs Bill To Drastically Restrict The Use Of Drones By State And Local Law Enforcement. House Bill 1328 requires law enforcement agencies to obtain a warrant before deploying a drone for surveillance purposes with only a few exceptions. The legislation also provides a blanket prohibition on the use of weaponized drones, on the use of unmanned aircraft for private surveillance, and on drone surveillance of persons exercising their right of free speech or assembly. Read more
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