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SQL Server 2016 with ScaleArc – A Powerful Combination
Today Microsoft releases SQL Server 2016, the first version of the flagship database “born in the cloud,” since the company debuted SQL Server 2016 on Azure first. This latest release builds on the...
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Microsoft Pride – Partner of the Year Award
Starting at WPC last year, the ScaleArc/Microsoft partnership took on a much higher level of intensity. Our joint success showed last week with ScaleArc being named a Finalist for 2016 Microsoft...
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The Nasdaq Challenge: Move an Entire Network with no Downtime
Prasad Parvathaneni already had a tough job – maintain the stock quote service for Nasdaq with no downtime – when it got even harder. He needed to move an entire network of apps and databases to an...
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Scale Up or Scale Out? Find the Right Approach for Your Business
What is Database Scalability and Why Do You Need It? Scaling simply refers to expanding your computing resources to handle the exponential growth of work. It is the capacity of a system or a network to...
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Doubling Down on Microsoft
Spending last week at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) was a total rush for us here at ScaleArc. We had dozens of meetings with Microsoft execs, as well as sellers from across the...
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The Actual Cost of Unexpected Downtime Made Clear
Can your business afford to lose $7,000 a minute? No business can. But, that’s exactly what data center downtime typically costs any business according to the findings of a study conducted by Data...
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Survey Says…. Consumer Apps Trump Enterprise Apps on Reliability and Performance
Back when I was an analyst at META Group, we had a saying: See something once, it’s a data point. Twice, it’s something to watch. Three times, and it’s a trend. Well here at ScaleArc, we were...
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6 Steps That Can Set Your SQL Server Scalability Soaring
Does SQL Server scalability top your system priority list? Have you been tasked with identifying ways to optimize your organization’s SQL Server database performance? If scaling out does not seem to...
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ESPN Website Meltdown – Fantasy to Nightmare
ESPN made news headlines this past weekend – the bittersweet kind. Unfortunately, the news highlighted that ESPN’s fantasy football app was crashing, on the first Sunday of the NFL season. Where’s the...
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Using AlwaysOn... Except Not Really - Observations from Ignite and PASS
We’re just back from exhibiting at both PASS and Ignite in the past few weeks. We talked to – albeit briefly – about 2100 people across both shows. We also had some fun with a ScaleArc t-shirt contest...
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Today’s Requirement: Delivering Continuous App Availability
Late last week, we hosted a webinar with our SI partner Pragmatic works to discuss how to architect for Continuous Availability. The audience asked a ton of great questions about the role of a modern...
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Digital Transformation – Making it a Reality, At Last
In today’s world, Digital Transformation is the driving force behind business and remains at the top of every CEO/CIO/CTO’s priority list. What does Digital Transformation really mean to applications...
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Augment Amazon Aurora with Auto Scale Out, Seamless Failover
As the AWS Re:Invent show kicks off today, ScaleArc is excited to announce an upgrade to our software that delivers compatibility with Amazon Aurora. The updated software extends the capabilities of...
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Another Black Friday, Another eCommerce Meltdown
Black Friday. Retailers know it's coming every year, and still – every year – someone has a spectacular failure. This year Macy's gets top billing – asking customers to wait to shop. Since 500...
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We won! We won! ScaleArc a “Trend-setting Product” for 2017
Even after shipping product for four years and winning customers like Nasdaq, Dell, and Microsoft, we here at ScaleArc still really love it when we win industry awards! This week, the recognition comes...
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Holiday Horror Fears – Survey Finds High Concern over Airline Site Downtime
As people all over the globe get ready to visit family during the holidays, ScaleArc’s latest survey shows many Americans fear that airline database downtime could mean they lose time with loved ones...
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Recognizing Heroes
“Getting this award is quite the honor – you guys made me look good!” So says our latest Uptime Hero, Michael Atkins, director of IT operations for DealerSocket. But he’s got it backwards – he and his...
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ScaleArc Gives Back – Realizing a Long-standing Goal
Just last week we launched our ScaleArc Gives Back program, realizing a goal I’ve held during my time here at ScaleArc. A few years back, I enjoyed a passionate conversation over lunch with a small...
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2017 Prediction: The Death of DR
Enterprises have spent billions of dollars and decades of time honing their Disaster Recovery (DR) plans and processes – 2017 will be the year that DR will die. How could such a central tenet of IT...
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Surviving the “Trump Effect”
As President Trump begins his administration, he continues to use a variety of channels to send messages about his thoughts and plans. These can take many forms – tweets, Executive Orders, even...
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