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Data Streaming with Kafka and Flink on AWS – Part 1

Apache Kafka and Apache Flink are popular data streaming applications platforms. However, provisioning and managing ...

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Part Six: Deploying High Availability Applications in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

This is the sixth in a series of blog posts, that covers the details to deploy the Oracle Management Servers for a high ...

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Building an ETL Pipeline with Multiple External Data Sources in Cloud Data Fusion

In this post, I’ll share a quick start guide on Google Cloud Platform’s (GCP) Cloud Fusion. We’ll first take a look at ...

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Build a Data Lake Using Lake Formation on AWS

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Azure Data Factory – Self Hosted IR (Scaling, Best Practices and Disaster Recovery Solutions)

We are going to explore following about Self Hosted Integration runtime for Azure Data Factory When and How to scale ...

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Token-Based Authentication for ADB with IAM: Part 2

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ExaCC vs. ExaCS – Which One is Right for You?

Exadata has been Oracle’s gold standard platform for running mission-critical Oracle databases for over a decade. ...

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How to Fix the “There is not enough space on the disk” Azure SQL Data Sync Error

Here’s how to remedy the “There is not enough space on the disk” error on Azure SQL Data Sync. Problem You established ...

Google Cloud

Apache Beam: the Future of Data Processing?

Apache Beam is a unified model for defining both batch and streaming data-parallel processing pipelines. It’s a ...

Oracle

Part Five: Deploying High Availability Applications in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure— SSL Certificates and Load Balancer Setup

This is the fifth in a series of blog posts that covers setting up the load balancer for a high available setup of ...

Google Cloud

Orchestrating dbt Pipelines With Google Cloud: Part 1

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How to Use DockerSlim to Reduce Image Sizes

Learn how to test the capabilities of docker-slim on Java and Python images and containerized Spring and Flask apps. If ...

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DP Agent in HANA Cloud Migrations: the How and Why

SAP HANA is the evolution of SAP HANA Service. It’s an in-memory platform for processing high data rates in real-time. ...

Google Cloud

GCP Professional Cloud Architect Certification Guide

Image credit: Megha Bedi Looking for how to prepare for the latest version of Google Cloud Professional Architect ...

Microsoft Azure

SQL server distributed availability group with forwarder in Microsoft Azure

Architecture diagram To create a distributed availability group, you need two availability groups (AG) each with its ...

Google Cloud

SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups on Google Kubernetes Engine

This tutorial shows you how to configure SQL Server AlwaysOn availability groups (AG) using DH2i DxEnterprise and ...

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Monitoring Azure Data Factory, Self Hosted IR and Pipelines

Architecture diagram For effective monitoring of ADF pipelines, we are going to use Log Analytics, Azure Monitor and ...

Microsoft Azure

How to Send Custom Emails and Notifications In Azure Data Factory

If you’ve used Azure Data Factory (ADF), you’ve probably sent email alerts. But these don’t provide any clarity or ...

Google Cloud

Automated Database Backups for Cloud Spanner Using Terraform

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Google Cloud

Best Practices for Enterprise Data Platforms on Google Cloud: Part 1

Enterprises recognize that becoming truly data-driven will propel innovation, transformation, and differentiation. ...

Google Cloud

Best Practices to Follow When Migrating to Google Cloud

If you’ve been running workloads on-premises for years, migrating to the cloud can be a daunting prospect. You probably ...

Cloud Migration

Five Vital Questions to Ask Before Planning an SAP Migration

Last year, SAP announced another extension to its support deadline for legacy systems, pushing it from 2025 to the end ...

Google Cloud

5 Reasons to Partner with a Google Cloud Managed Services Provider

You’ve taken the leap and decided to migrate some of your workloads to Google Cloud, which are now being managed by ...

Google Cloud

An Initial Test of Google’s AlloyDB Columnar Engine

Introduction Google just recently launched the public preview of their new customized cloud version of PostgreSQL ...

Oracle

Part Four: Deploying High Availability Applications in OCI—OEM 13.5 Setup

This is the fourth in a series of blog posts that covers the details to deploy a high available set up of Oracle ...

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OCI Database Cloud Patching of Database & Infrastructure With CLI

How a Well-Planned SAP S/4HANA Migration Can Be a Catalyst for Digital Transformation

Token-Based Authentication for ADB with IAM: Part 1

What is Oracle Data Safe and Why Should You Use It ?

What’s the Measure of a Maturity Model?

Data Streaming with Kafka and Flink on AWS – Part 1

Part Six: Deploying High Availability Applications in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Building an ETL Pipeline with Multiple External Data Sources in Cloud Data Fusion

Build a Data Lake Using Lake Formation on AWS

Azure Data Factory – Self Hosted IR (Scaling, Best Practices and Disaster Recovery Solutions)

Token-Based Authentication for ADB with IAM: Part 2

ExaCC vs. ExaCS – Which One is Right for You?

How to Fix the “There is not enough space on the disk” Azure SQL Data Sync Error

Apache Beam: the Future of Data Processing?

Part Five: Deploying High Availability Applications in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure— SSL Certificates and Load Balancer Setup

Orchestrating dbt Pipelines With Google Cloud: Part 1

How to Use DockerSlim to Reduce Image Sizes

DP Agent in HANA Cloud Migrations: the How and Why

GCP Professional Cloud Architect Certification Guide

SQL server distributed availability group with forwarder in Microsoft Azure

SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups on Google Kubernetes Engine

Monitoring Azure Data Factory, Self Hosted IR and Pipelines

How to Send Custom Emails and Notifications In Azure Data Factory

Automated Database Backups for Cloud Spanner Using Terraform

Best Practices for Enterprise Data Platforms on Google Cloud: Part 1

Best Practices to Follow When Migrating to Google Cloud

Five Vital Questions to Ask Before Planning an SAP Migration

5 Reasons to Partner with a Google Cloud Managed Services Provider

An Initial Test of Google’s AlloyDB Columnar Engine

Part Four: Deploying High Availability Applications in OCI—OEM 13.5 Setup

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