Automated database context complements semantic modeling

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How automated database context complements semantic modeling while enabling immediate value from AI grounded in trusted enterprise databases. Semantic models have been the backbone of analytics for decades. They translate raw database structures into business-friendly concepts, enabling dashboards, reports, and metrics at scale. But as organizations push toward AI-driven analytics, semantic models are increasingly showing … Read more

A new identity and expanded purpose

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introduces the new company identity, LangGrant, and our new expanded focus. Windocks is known by our customers for innovation and responsive support.   Over the years we’ve established our business with market leading support for Windows SQL Server environments, as the only firm with writable Windows SQL Server snapshots, and for unique Docker Windows SQL Server … Read more

Oracle EBS Database Cloning for Reporting and Analytics

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Discover how Windocks Oracle EBS database cloning enhances production reporting, minimizing downtime with automated processes and efficient data management For the past ten years Windocks has served enterprises around the globe with on demand cloned database environments (also known as database virtualization). While the majority of cloned database environments are used in development and test, … Read more

SQL Server Database Cloning for SQL Containers and Instances

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In this article we look at new capabilities in Windocks 3.0, featuring database cloning for containers and conventional instances, images with run time applied Dockerfiles, user driven database selection from complex images, and encrypted credential support. Windocks 3.0 introduces support for sourcing data from Storage arrays and Windows SQL Server clones, with delivery to any … Read more

Modernize .NET and SQL Server Development and Test

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In this post we take a look at Windocks 2.0 with integrated database cloning and web UI. Database clones enable delivery of terabyte class environments in seconds. Last Fall Microsoft released Windows Server 2016 with Docker container support, marking the first shared API for containers with AWS, and Red Hat. Since then Microsoft has emphasized … Read more

Case Studies of Containers at Work

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In this article we take a look at varied needs and challenges different organizations have faced, where the application of WinDocks containers have brought significant improvement to software development results. Wireless Services: Delivering Production Data to Dev and QA Provide production SQL Server 2012 database environments that include 26 databases totaling over 1 TB, for … Read more

Automate Delivery of SQL Server Production Data to Development Teams – Simplify VMs, Licensing, and Support to a Single Machine

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In this article we take a further look at the automation being used with SQL Server containers to deliver daily access to production data for developers. WinDocks is a port of Docker’s open source to Windows, providing .NET, SQL Server, and Java in containerized environments for development, test, and QA. Based on the performance and … Read more

Windows Containers and DNS

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In this post we address the need of incorporating Windows Containers into existing network infrastructure, using DNS and dynamic IP to Port mapping with containers. WinDocks is a port of the Docker’s popular open source project to Windows, with support for Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2016. Since the release … Read more

Continuous Integration with .NET and SQL Server Containers on AWS

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In this article we review a Continuous Integration process implemented by WireStorm Innovations using WinDocks containers on AWS. The solution delivers complete environments in seconds. Continuous Integration (CI) is a popular topic these days, and the need for better tooling and process is evident in industry surveys. Unisphere Research recently published “The State and Adoption … Read more

Windows Job Objects: Process Management at Scale

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If you’ve ever wondered how Windows manages groups of processes — limiting their memory, controlling their CPU usage, or ensuring they all terminate cleanly — the answer often comes down to a lesser-known but powerful Windows kernel feature: Job Objects. What Is a Job Object? A Job Object is a Windows kernel object that lets … Read more