This excerpt from the upcoming book, SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action, introduces the role of service-level agreements (SLAs) as part of a DBA's overall strategy to maintaining reliable ...

Microsoft recently published a new version of its service-level agreement (SLA) for Azure SQL Database, adding uptime perks for organizations that use the 'Business Critical' tier.

Multi-AZ database instances cost between US$0.05 and $3.978 per hour when running MySQL and from $0.08 for Oracle with a license included and $0.05 when users have their own licence. RDS also ...

After two-and-a-half years in preview, Google's Cloud SQL, the company's fully managed MySQL database service, has now hit general availability. As with most Google services that hit this ...

Microsoft says geo replication for database is available only in the premium tier of Azure SQL Database, and will be available to customers later this month. Topics Azure , developers , msbuild14 , TC ...