Louis Davidson describes why all DBAs should strive to be replaceable, and what that really means.  Read more...

Microsoft is asking for feedback, more and more from customers. Steve Jones sees that as a good thing.  Read more...

Tony Davis argues that the Standards and best practices exist to avoid being hacked, but implementing them requires time and investment and often there simply doesn't seem to be the will to do it.  Read more...

This week Steve Jones looks at the expected lifetimes of SSDs and finds one that might be a nice upgrade for your system.  Read more...

Today Steve Jones talks about Open Data, and what it might do for you.  Read more...

Your data is in the public domain and as a DBA you need to be very familiar with what it is possible for the sinner to do with a handy password, and how easily that sinner can get hold of it.  Read more...

Index fragmentation can certainly cause performance problems, but should it really dictate the way we design our clustered indexes?  Read more...

The forecast for IT work is growing. That's good for those of us working in the field.  Read more...

Waves of NoSQL hysteria come and go but the relational database remains, and Phil Factor admires its sheer ubiquity, and ability to provide data integrity and accessibility for a vast tapestry of data categories.  Read more...

Phil Factor on the many advantages of building the code from the documentation. For one, it forces us to learn the language and concepts of the business processes before designing the schema.  Read more...

In most organizations, the DBA team is seriously outnumbered by headstrong developers and clock driven managers, and "great" DBAs will often be outnumbered by...well...the not so great. In order to be heard in this environment, a DBA will not only need to be very skilled, but will also need a healthy dose of ego.  Read more...

This week Steve Jones looks at some of the jobs being outsourced and how that might affect data professionals.  Read more...

The SQLServerCentral and Database Weekly editors recognize the contribution of Brad McGehee to the websites and newsletters, and to DBA education in general, over the past 5 years.  Read more...

This week Steve Jones argues against stored procedures. Is it a good argument or do want to stick with your stored procedures.  Read more...

ReFS, the new file system with Windows Server 2012, should be good news, but its apparent lack of support for SQL Server is a serious concerned for Phil Factor.  Read more...

There is a rippling effect from the hack on Yahoo. Those users and passwords are being used on other sites. Steve Jones reminds us that we shouldn't be sharing passwords, and we should educate our users to do the same thing.  Read more...

A Job interview for a database Developer is, or should be, a two-way process. They are sussing you out, and you are sussing them out.  Read more...

The story of how Shawn McGehee's journey to becoming a DBA started is just one among many thousands, so let's hear yours too!  Read more...

This week Steve Jones looks at some data professional jobs that pay over six figures.  Read more...

In PowerShell, Phil Factor believes we have a true novelty: a Windows Scripting language that outsmarts Perl and Python and Ruby and one that will continue to cause radical changes to Windows server applications, and the tools we use to administer them.  Read more...