I don't know about you but I am always on the look out for new tools...so it was nice to see two new ones come out.
1. RSS Reporter from xSQL software. This is a FREE (for a limited time) utility that creates RSS feeds for your jobs. The RSS Reported is installed on a server running IIS – any user that has credentials to connect to certain SQL Server instances and view job information can create a profile on the RSS Reporter. The profile for each user contains a list of SQL Server instances, the authentication method, necessary credentials for connecting to each instance, and basic configuration settings. RSS Reporter connects to all the SQL Server instances in the profile and automatically generates a set of predefined RSS Feeds. The user can then subscribe to and read those feeds from any connected device.
2. Kernel Recovery for SQL by Nucleus Data Recovery. Kernel Recovery for SQL – data recovery software recovers data from the corrupt Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 2005. The corrupt, damaged .mdf database files are effectively repaired and data is recovered from them.
Tables, Views, triggers, stored procedures are easily recovered and the damaged unique keys, primary keys and foreign keys are also repaired by Kernel Recovery for SQL - data recovery software. The sql recovery software effectively recovers the deleted records, partly damaged records which get saved in separate batch files. The database rebuilding batch is created automatically by Kernel recovery for SQL with which the database can be easily recreated and the user can again work on it.
I haven't had a chance to play with either one but they do offer some interesting solutions to problems.