by Stephanie McLoughlin

Test Center Tracker: Database deployments made standard

analysis
Mar 9, 20071 min

Fresh from the Test Center: More applications mean more databases mean more problems - sometimes. Standardizing deployments reduces the chance of errors, but can be an admin pain. The answer? Try a product like GridApp's Clarity 3.5. According to Sean McCown's review, this product is extremely scalable and "excellent at provisioning Oracle and RAC installations, although it delivers less functionality for SQL Se

Fresh from the Test Center: More applications mean more databases mean more problems – sometimes. Standardizing deployments reduces the chance of errors, but can be an admin pain. The answer? Try a product like GridApp’s Clarity 3.5. According to Sean McCown’s review, this product is extremely scalable and “excellent at provisioning Oracle and RAC installations, although it delivers less functionality for SQL Server.” Read the full review here.

Cancel or allow?: Vista’s User Access Control may be a little extreme, but Martin Heller has more of an issue with the inability to create an elevated privilege command shell. Read more on the Strategic Developer blog, and post your own thoughts about the availability (or lack thereof) of a su command for Vista.

Watch and learn: The newest InfoClip is posted for your viewing pleasure, and it’s all about SOA. If you’ve got three minutes, you can learn the basics of service-oriented architecture. Then, check out Dave Linthicum’s Real World SOA blog for more on the link between AJAX and SOA.