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WebRTC is an open-source project that enables plugin-free communication between devices. Much of excitement for WebRTC comes from it making direct communication between browsers a reality. However, there’s more to it than just convenient browser conversation. Today, we will delve into the mobile side of WebRTC. Contrary to popular belief, WebRTC is a peer-to-peer, not browser-to-browser, technology: the browser realm is not the only thing is could be great at. Thanks to its portability and compatibility, it could be embedded […]

Are you considering having an app tracker built for fitness and health purposes in both iOS and Android? Today we will look at how these ideas can be implemented using two available frameworks. With the rise of health awareness, application developers are constantly finding new and innovative ways to satisfy the growing demand for health standards. An active role in promoting such movements is played by two giants, Apple and Google, who developed their frameworks known as HealthKit and Google […]

Are you interested in implementing augmented reality in your app and weighing the pros and cons? Today, we will look at how beneficial it could be to add this technology to your existing or future apps and if it’s worth it. Augmented reality (AR) blurs the line between virtual and real environments—it is a technology designed to enrich the user’s perception of the real world with virtual and digital information. Current and future prospects of AR To comprehend how relevant […]

We are excited to announce that Microsoft has selected us as one of the elite partners that they will feature on their SQL Server EOS website. We are honored to be recognized for our efforts in assisting other organizations upgrade Microsoft SQL Server so that they can use all of the exciting features that have been added over the past 11 years. We look forward to continuing these essential efforts into the next year and beyond!

Bill Ramos is excited to get behind those PowerPoint slides to deliver more webinars on SQL Server after the success of his seminar on SQL Server 2005 End of Service last month. Starting on December 8, 2015, Bill will continue to meet with the masses about various SQL Server topics, including more seminars on SQL Server 2005 End of Service. For the full gamut of upcoming webinars, see the schedule below.   Check out our archive of previous webinars! Recent […]

With security being one of the highest concerns when it comes to your data assets, new features and improvements in this area are always a hot topic! In his new article for TechTarget Rick Heiges, DB Best Principal Solutions Architect, talks about Dynamic data masking, one of many new security features coming in SQL Server 2016. Dynamic Data Masking essentially displays characters instead of real data to non-privileged users.The data is not being stored as masked values. It is also […]

We would like to welcome Bill Ramos as our new Director of Technical Product Management at DB Best Technologies. Here is Bill’s background in his words: “I started in the database business back in 1987 with Ashton-Tate working on the dBASE IV release. At that time, I got my first exposure to the Microsoft, Ashton-Tate, Sybase SQL Server running on OS/2 where I wrote compatibility and performance test suites for the platform. Check out this old press release from 1988 […]

DB Best has successfully sponsored Microsoft Solution Specialist Sales Summit (S4), which took place last week July 27-30, in Hyatt Regency Bellevue Hotel, in Bellevue, Washington. DB Best booth had a great turnout. Many of Microsoft Sales Executives were excited to hear about DB Best offerings in Data Management, Modernization, Azure and IoT, and we’re hoping for many new interesting projects and engagement coming our way in FY2016. On the closing day of the summit our CEO, Dmitry Balin has […]

Join Robert L Davis, Principal Database Architect at DB Best Technologies, for a free webcast through MSSQLTips.com on Thursday, August 13, 2015. Robert will be presenting SQL Server Performance Tuning: Controlling Parallelism. Webcast description: Parallelism seems like it should be one of those things that the query engine takes care of for us, but it does require some care and tending from time to time. The default server configurations are no longer adequate for controlling parallelism, and DBAs need to […]

Being one of the recognized providers of the data management services in the market, DB Best supports its customers in various infrastructure modernization projects of different size and complexity. One of the major workloads in this area is dedicated to upgrades. We are all very excited about SQL Server 2016 release and are looking forward to many Upgrade to SQL Server 2016 engagements in the near future. In his new article for TechTarget, Rick Heiges, DB Best Principal Solutions Architect, […]