India’s digital payments journey is already a global success. We moved from cash to cards, then to mobile and real-time payments with remarkable speed. Today, India’s digital payments market is ...

Columbia University, like many other large institutions and companies, is replacing older computers with thin, rackmountable, interchangeable, modular computers called blades, in our case the ones ...

Hi, I’m Ujjwal, a software tester and quality advocate. Exploring how quality works beyond tools and into systems, decisions, and trade-offs.

Abstract: In response to the growing demand for smart home automation, this paper presents an efficient, low-power system built around the ESP8266 microcontroller, designed for complete local network ...

The first release candidate (RC0) of SQL Server 2025 is now available. As we move toward general availability, our focus shifts to delivering enhanced stability, performance, and product improvements ...

Abstract: XLOG is the centralized log service of the SQL Azure Hyperscale (Hyperscale) distributed database-as-a-service (DBaaS) within Microsoft Azure. It is responsible for disseminating transaction ...

At Microsoft Build 2025, we announced the public preview of SQL Server 2025. Built on a foundation of best-in-class security, performance, and availability, SQL Server 2025 empowers customers to ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

As today’s database administrators (DBAs) manage the complexity of modern database environments, particularly containerized systems, they must lean into smart automation to transform database ...