Regular Columnist: Steve Jones

My background is I have been working with computers since I was about 12. My first "career" job in this industry was with network administration where I became the local DBA by default. I have also spent lots of time administering Netware and NT networks, developing software, managing smaller IT groups, making lots of coffee, ordering pizza for late nights, etc., etc. For those of you interested (or really bored), you can check out my resume.

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Password Handling

A system administrator can set a good example with the passwords they give to users or a bad example. Which one do you set?  Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/05/18 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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Continuous Releases

The idea of continuous development, integration and release can be a way to get your software in use by clients quicker. Steve Jones talks about releases, and some benefits you might get.  Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/05/21 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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Do Interviews Work?

Interviews are the way we primarily make hiring decisions but as Steve Jones notes, we don't really end up doing a very good job of picking good employees in many cases.  Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/05/17 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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What is Big Data?

The definition of Big Data is rather murky, despite all the press and attention given to it. Steve Jones talks about what Big Data means for relational databases.  Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/05/16 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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Self Service SQL

Self service in IT is something Steve Jones likes, but it doesn't solve all problems, and might end up creating more issues.  Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/05/15 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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Is Software Engineering Dead?

Software engineering is seen as a dead end career choice, at least by some people. Steve Jones disagrees.  Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/05/14 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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Teambuilding and Bonding

Steve Jones attended a day out from the Red Gate offices recently and he talks about the value of those experiences.  Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/05/10 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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Time for Your Career

This week Steve Jones wants to know if you can find time for your professional development. Regularly improving your skills is an important part of your career in technology, and the poll this weeks asks what time you can make for improvement.  Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/05/11 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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The Colocated Dangers

An outage at SQLServerCentral reminded Steve Jones that it's not "if" a disaster will occur, but "when" it will occur that should have you preparing for a disaster at some point in the future.  Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/05/08 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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Mobile Password Protection

Security is becoming more of an issue for mobile devices as we store and access more information on them all the time.  Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/05/07 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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Responsibility for Security

Steve Jones talks about security, and the developer's role in ensuring secure code.  Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/05/07 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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Learn XML

Steve Jones talks about XML and how it will be more and more important for DBAs to understand this in the future.  Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/05/03 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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Work to Live

It's important that you remember to live and enjoy your life as it passes by. Today Steve Jones reminds us that we want to work to live, but also plan to live and plan for the future.  Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/05/02 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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The Best Way to Learn

This Friday Steve Jones is looking to see how you might like to improve your educational materials. With the success of our Stairway Series, we are looking to find better ways to teach people about SQL Server.  Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/05/04 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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SQL Server on RDS

Amazon now offers SQL Server 2008 R2 in their RDS service. It's an easy way to get working with SQL Server with a minimal investment.  Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/05/09 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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Promoting Engineers

It seems that often we promote the best technical people into managerial positions, but is that a good idea? Steve Jones notes that a few people think this is a bad idea and there ought to be a technical career path for IT workers.  Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/05/01 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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A Lifetime of Software

Today Steve Jones wants you to look forward in your career. Do you enjoy working with software and technology? Do you plan on doing this for the rest of your career?  Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/04/27 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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Being Responsible for Code

How responsible should developers be for their code? Facebook has an interesting way of looking at their engineers' performance.  Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/04/30 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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Security Outside the Database

Database security needs to improve, and while SQL Server continues to get better, there is more work to do. However there are plenty of security issues outside the database that also need to be addressed.  Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/04/26 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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Technology for Sharing

Technology has been great for helping us work more efficiently by better sharing resources. Steve Jones sees this as both good and bad in different ways as well as a way of providing new opportunities.   Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/04/25 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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