<p>eWeek has an article up discussing the possibility of Microsoft including automatic patching in the next version of SQL Server. The article is unclear about what exactly this would entail, but it ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Theres been a lot of speculation this week on when, ...

I'm a sysadmin but nothing to do with DB's, we have DBA's for that. I want to automate windows security patches for our servers and when I get to this pair or mirrored SQL db servers, my DBA doesn't ...

patchVantage, an Oracle management software supplier, has added patching functionality for MySQL, and Microsoft’s SQL Server on Linux. According patchVantage, since Oracle’s RDBMS, MySQL, Microsoft’s ...

Patching-the only way to prevent poorly designed software from breaking everything-no longer works. And there's nothing you can do about it. Except maybe patch less. Or possibly patch more. Early one ...

Greedy patching: Hot patching is a way to quickly install security updates without requiring an OS reboot. Microsoft has offered the feature for years through its ...