This Friday Steve Jones wants to know if you are using encryption in your production system and if so, how is it working? Can you handle DR situations?  Read more...

Steve Jones comments on predictions that we will see new types of APIs coming in the future, especially data APIs.  Read more...

This editorial was originally published on Mar 20, 2007. It is being republished as Steve Jones is on vacation. Today Steve Jones talks about going into business for yourself, and reminding you it's not as simple as it might seem.  Read more...

Continuous improvement comes from measurement, analysis, and changes. Steve Jones talks about how we should be doing that with our data collection, analysis, and storage.  Read more...

It seems inevitable that many customers will end up paying more to get the same features they have today, under the new SQL Server licencing model, unless they respond to Microsoft's creativity with some of their own.  Read more...

The biggest security threat always seems to come from insiders and today Steve Jones talks about the need to monitor your environment.  Read more...

This Friday Steve Jones asks about change control for the Friday poll.  Read more...

Steve Jones learns a new trick working with T-SQL, and is surprised how easy it is. He recommends you work on updating your skills over time as well.  Read more...

Steve Jones talks today about storage innovations from the large cloud vendors and how that can relate to your job as a database professional.  Read more...

Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. When you need to take notes, how do you do it? Have you thought about it and experimented? Read on to see what Andy Warren does.  Read more...

Would any of you want to track your morale at work and have your boss access the data anonymously? Steve Jones think it's a good tool, but one that is easily abused.  Read more...

This week Steve Jones talks about password security.  Read more...

Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. Today Andy suggests you try some new tools and see if you can increase your productivity.  Read more...

Today Steve Jones talks a little about the work environment for IT workers. We ought to pay attention and ensure we are taking care of ourselves.  Read more...

The use of cloud computing isn't in the plans for the Stack Exchange network of sites? Steve Jones thinks they have a pretty cool reason not to use the cloud and he thinks you ought to have a similar view at work.  Read more...

The DevConnections conference in the spring of 2012 is in Las Vegas, and Steve Jones is glad to be going.  Read more...

There should be some method to your madness when fixing code. At least, that's what Linus Torvalds thinks and Steve Jones agrees.  Read more...

Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. Are you in a survival job? Read Andy's thoughts and let us know.  Read more...

Steve Jones praises Bill Gates today, and the work he is doing to make the world a better place.  Read more...

In the future we may be required to bring our own devices to work. Does that make sense? Would you want to get an allowance and purchase your own laptop?  Read more...