Having a good set of indexes on your SQL Server database is critical to performance. Efficient indexes don't happen by accident; they are designed to be efficient. Greg Larsen discusses whether primary keys should be clustered, when to use filtered indexes and what to consider when using the Fill Factor.
<b>WWdN: In Exile:</b> "It's taken me this long to share it, because shortly after I upgraded my Macs to Snow Leopard, all of my Macs and my HP scanner stopped talking to each other."
<b>Begin Linux:</b> "This is part two of a three part series on distributed monitoring. You can usehttp://newsadmin.linuxtoday.com/ passive service and host checks to allow non-central Nagios servers to collect data from a network of machines and then transfer that information to a central Nagios server."
<b>The Register:</b> "The BBC has tried to draw a line under its decision to bar open source implementations of RTMP (real-time messaging protocol) streaming in the iPlayer, after The Register revealed the Corporation's quiet switcheroo last week."
If your notebook PC runs Ultimate or Enterprise editions of Windows 7 or Windows Vista, you can increase security by encrypting the hard drive with BitLocker. We'll show you how.
If your notebook PC runs Ultimate or Enterprise editions of Windows 7 or Windows Vista, you can increase security by encrypting the hard drive with BitLocker. We'll show you how.
<b>KDE.news:</b> "The Plasma Javascript Jam Session is a friendly competition that aims to reward creators of original, interesting and beautiful Plasma widgets written in Javascript with some great prizes and community recognition."
<b>Jamie's Random Musings:</b> "Sometimes, though, it is possible to get a bit too far ahead of the general development/release cycle. The HP Pavillion dm1-1020ez that I purchased in January is a case in point."
Digital signs are proven marketing tools that can boost sales revenue, and they're becoming more affordable and less complex. Are they right for your business?
Digital signs are proven marketing tools that can boost sales revenue, and they're becoming more affordable and less complex. Are they right for your business?
<b>Michael Geist:</b> "The U.S. government has released its annual Special 301 report in which it purports to identify those countries with inadequate intellectual property laws. Given the recent history and the way in which the list is developed, it will come as no surprise that the U.S. is again implausibly claiming that Canada is among the worst of the worst"
It's no surprise that the concept of a proxy has made its way into the database arena. The MySQL Proxy sits between your application and your MySQL database. Future articles will discuss the myriad of uses for this technology.
<b>The H Open:</b> "Moodle , the E-learning platform, is one of the most significant and successful projects in open source. Despite its success, with hundreds of thousands of people being taught by courses written in Moodle, as a product it is not well known."
For developers who have to live with an enterprise that has legacy and component architecture-based applications, here is a way to introduce SOA in a manner that is not too disruptive. SOA can be leveraged to preserve business logic investments made within component architecture-based systems while incorporating a better and more standards-based infrastructure.
<b>Blog of Helios:</b> "But to quote Yoda, "Short of native game choices we are." There's a reason for that...I mean aside from the myth that the Linux market is too small to support game development."
RSA panel of experts says the U.S. is under daily cyber attacks by China, Russia, and their proxies. What can we do to protect our key systems and privacy?