ApexSQL Diff 2018 R2 – Product update alert

ApexSQL Diff 2018 R2 has been released

About ApexSQL Diff: ApexSQL Diff is a SQL Server and Azure SQL database comparison and synchronization tool which detects differences between database objects and resolves them without errors. It compares and synchronizes live databases, native or natively compressed database backups, database snapshots, scripts in source control and script folders and generates comprehensive reports on the detected differences.

July 13, 2018

ApexSQL Defrag 2018 R4 – Product update alert

ApexSQL Defrag 2018 R4 has been released

About ApexSQL Defrag: ApexSQL Defrag is an enterprise SQL Server tool used for analyzing, monitoring and managing SQL Server index fragmentation. The application allows detailed index fragmentation analysis on server, database and table level. With ApexSQL Defrag you can rebuild or reorganize fragmented indexes in real time, as well as create policies and apply them to multiple databases or servers.

July 12, 2018

ApexSQL Monitor 2018 R5 – Product update alert

ApexSQL Monitor 2018 R5 has been released

About ApexSQL Monitor: ApexSQL Monitor is a Windows and SQL Server monitoring tool with a wide range of monitored metrics. It tracks Windows, SQL Server, AlwaysOn Availability Group and Failover Cluster instances, and database metrics on multiple local and remote machines and SQL Server instances. It monitors the most important SQL Server statistics, memory, buffer, and page metrics – batch requests per second, user connections, target and total server memory, buffer cache hit ratio, batch requests, page life expectancy, page reads and writes per second, and more. ApexSQL Monitor also tracks SQL Server wait statistics including the individual query wait statistics. Monitoring these metrics enables you to identify and troubleshoot performance problems, establish trends, set baselines, and generate built-in or custom reports.

July 10, 2018

ApexSQL Backup 2018 R3 – Product update alert

ApexSQL Backup 2018 R3 has been released

About ApexSQL Backup: ApexSQL Backup is a tool that enables management and automation of backup jobs while preserving the backup chain for easy point-in-time restoration (database rollback). In addition, it offers automation of backup, restore, and log shipping jobs, stores details of all backup activities and enables easy cross server backup management and maintenance. ApexSQL Backup offers instant backup creation, as well as instant backup restoration, and backup security is enhanced by automatically performing backup verification. All captured metric values and backup activities are automatically stored in a central database repository.

July 6, 2018

What’s new in ApexSQL Defrag 2018 R3

We are happy to announce that ApexSQL Defrag 2018 R3 has been released. In this version, several new features have been added, along with many usability and quality improvements. Significant improvements have been applied to defragmentation policies, reports and schedules.

July 5, 2018

Top software pricing mistakes

Pricing is tough. It is no fun. It is a pain in the ass. But over time you will learn a lot. I know I have. This is a compilation of many hard won lessons, and some we are still learning ….

July 4, 2018

Customer Service Fails … and Fixes

I’ve been doing customer service for a long time. Here is a list of the most frequent fails I see, and the fixes to them.

1-You send emails with a hard coded valediction that is really obvious because it isn’t the same font, color as the rest of your email. So you don’t care enough about the customer to either type “Thanks, Brian” or to at least make your hard coded template look like you did.

July 4, 2018

ApexSQL Script 2018 – Product update alert

ApexSQL Script 2018 has been released

About ApexSQL Script: ApexSQL Script is a SQL Server tool that scripts database objects and data into a SQL scripts, .NET solutions and executable installers. It can export live databases directly to version control and can automate and schedule the migration processes.

July 4, 2018