When accepting an offer of employment, what do you do about NCAs and NDAs that you might be asked to sign? Steve Jones offers some advice. (This editorial was originally published on Mar 12, 2008. It is being re-run as Steve is on holiday.)  Read more...

Phil Factor argues that with both SQL Server and PowerShell now running on Linux, the latter becomes increasingly important in achieving the goal of a single management stack for databases across all hosting environments.  Read more...

This poll asks about copies, specifically those of your databases. How many do you keep around? How much extra storage does this cost? Steve Jones thinks that most organizations have quite a few copies, which can use a lot of resources.  Read more...

Finding a balance between work and life away from work is hard, but one good way is with periodic vacations. Today Steve Jones notes that some people don't take their vacation, which he sees as a problem.  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...

Security is a complex process, one that is becoming more and more important to DBAs all the time. This week Steve Jones wants to know how security is handled for your service accounts.   Read more...

The Database Engine on the Data Platform departs for Linux. A late arrival but worthwhile, says Phil Factor.  Read more...

Steve Jones is about to leave on a long(-ish) trip away from home.  Read more...

The Australian Census was a mess, and supposedly some university students build a better version. Steve Jones comments on better coding practices.  Read more...

Today Steve Jones talks about the job changes and prospects for those that manage IT systems.  Read more...

No matter what we do to secure our databases, we need to be sure our applications are well written, both with secure coding, but also good information handling.  Read more...

Many of us would like to be sure we could rollback changes made during a deployment if they caused issues. Steve Jones notes that it might not be worth actually building those scripts in advance.  Read more...

With the open sourcing of the PowerShell platform, Steve Jones is excited.  Read more...

A smoke test can be a good way to ensure complex systems are working as expected after maintenance or changes.  Read more...

The way that governments build software and work with data must change if we want to be more efficient.  Read more...

As we get further in our career, I wonder how many of us would like a slower job.  Read more...

A look at the potential of the space program.  Read more...

Phil Factor explains why data detached from its temporal context often loses all meaning.  Read more...

Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren as Steve is on vacation. Andy talks about a trip to Microsoft for the SQL Server 2016 launch.  Read more...

A story I heard a long time ago reminds us to choose what is really important.  Read more...