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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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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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How to Plan for a Breakup (with Your Monitoring Tool)

The Honeymoon Phase Is Over It started out great. The dashboards were shiny. The alerts were crisp. You felt seen.Every...

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When Slow Code Costs More Than Just Time

The $15,000 Query A simple reporting query pulls data from multiple tables. No proper indexing. Runs 5 times per hour,...

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AI Is Filtering You Out—Here’s How DBAs Are Getting Hired Anyway

The database job market is shifting—fast. AI is reshaping how companies hire, traditional roles are blending into new disciplines, and...

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Mergers Have Killed Database Monitoring Innovation and Support

In the database monitoring world, some tools used to be trusted allies—known for innovation, tight feedback loops, and fast, responsive...

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Top 5 Reasons DBAs Choose WISdom Over Idera SQL Monitoring

Database Administrators (DBAs) know that choosing the right monitoring tool isn’t just about tracking performance—it’s about having the right insights...