SQL Server & Cost Insights

Expert guidance on SQL Server performance monitoring, query cost optimization, and capacity planning from the team behind WISdom for Databases.

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SQL Server Activity Monitor: A Practical Guide for 2026

It is 2am, a report is timing out, and the first thing most DBAs do is right-click the instance in...

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Top SolarWinds Alternatives for SQL Server Monitoring in 2026

From Ben DeBow, founder of Fortified. A quick note on where this comes from, because it is not the usual competitor...

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The Tech Debt Tax: Why Your “Quick Fixes” Cost More Than Your Cloud Bill

Technical debt isn’t a bug—it’s a FinOps feature in 2026. Time to treat it as strategic sabotage. Nobody wakes up...

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Are SQL Server and MySQL Being Benched?

Some data professionals feel like they’ve been moved to the sidelines. The tech spotlight today is fixed on platforms like...

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Hyperscalers Are Costing You Millions (And They Know It)

In the race to the cloud, we’ve built an ecosystem of abundance—vast data centers, endless scalability, and a buffet of virtual...

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Database Capacity Planning in 2026: Measure First

Capacity planning used to be a forecasting exercise. Database teams would estimate growth, add a safety buffer, and hope the...

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Ending the Era of Abundance: Why Databases Are Ground Zero for FinOps Optimization

Written by: Ben DeBow | Founder and CEO of Fortified | Author of End of Abundance in Tech As the...

Fortified Completes SOC 2 Type II Audit

Strengthening trust for customers running critical data workloads with an independent audit validating security, availability, and confidentiality controls over time....

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