http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Articles tagged Editorial - WMV posted on SQLServerCentral.comen-us360sjones@sqlservercentral.com (Steve Jones)Developers tend to be lazy in Steve Jones' view. This week he examines some of the problems that this lack of effort can cause in applications.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63861/2008/07/25http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63861/A Friday poll from Steve Jones looks at service accounts and how you deal with passwords.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63842/2008/07/24http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63842/Virtualization is becoming more and more popular, being implemented in many companies every day to replace the need to add more physical boxes to your data center. Steve Jones comments on some of the handy features of virtualization.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63802/2008/07/22http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63802/Humor in the workplace is essential for a good environment, but employees need to be careful about what they might consider sharing.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63798/2008/07/22http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63798/What's important in an IT employee? Steve Jones talks about the skills and measurements CIOs want today and tomorrow.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63787/2008/07/21http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63787/Steve Jones talks about the value of software maintenance and how you should view their value.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63773/2008/07/19http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63773/In this update from the past week Steve Jones looks at leaks in encrypted disks and Web 2.0 development.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63770/2008/07/18http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63770/A guest Friday poll from Adam Angelini, DBA and member of the band Wakamojo, which was featured on some editorial podcasts. This week Adam wonders about soft skills for DBAs.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63742/2008/07/17http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63742/When a co-worker is ill, what should the rest of the office do? How do you handle absences that might extend for weeks or months. Steve Jones comments on the responsibilities of the team.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63727/2008/07/16http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63727/How much data do you have that's never accessed. Apparently most of it on a network is just stored and never re-examined. Steve Jones comments on a few statistics.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63723/2008/07/15http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63723/Steve Jones is looking for some interesting application ideas using SQL Server that can help teach people how to take advantage of features.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63715/2008/07/14http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63715/Steve Jones will be attending the Business of Software conference in September and gives a few reasons why this is an interesting topic to him.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63685/2008/07/13http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63685/Steve Jones talks about data mining in the drug industry and the advantages of cheap software.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63679/2008/07/11http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63679/For this Friday, Steve Jones has a poll about life outside of work and how much you tinker with things.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63653/2008/07/10http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63653/Do you have an MBA? If so, has it helped you? Is it worth getting one for someone in IT? Ted Pin comments.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63643/2008/07/09http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63643/What does it mean to be an MVP for Microsoft? Steve Jones talks about what the award is and what it means to get the award.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63629/2008/07/07http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63629/Security can be a hassle, but Steve Jones talks about why we sometimes put up with the difficulties of implementing strong security.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63627/2008/07/07http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63627/Intel is moving in the direction of more and more cores on a single CPU, so what does that mean for programmers?http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63616/2008/07/03http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63616/When do you decide that enough is enough? When does it make sense to let some bugs go and fix them later? Steve Jones comments on the decisions you sometimes make.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63612/2008/07/03http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63612/A blooper collection of mistakes and errors from a variety of editorials on this holiday weekend.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63594/2008/07/02http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63594/Does your IT organization bring value to your company? Steve Jones takes a look at some of the ways you can do this.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63581/2008/07/01http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63581/It's time again to take a look at energy news from an IT perspective, or at least the Steve Jones' perspective and there have been some interesting notes over the last couple months in the world of energy. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63563/2008/06/29http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63563/Steve Jones looks back at a week of news on data center infrastructure, the EF war, and SQL Server 2008 news.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63559/2008/06/28http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63559/SQL Servers seem to proliferate in many companies, making management a headache for DBAs. Steve Jones asks a Friday poll about how you handle all those service account.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63507/2008/06/20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63507/If you are in IT, does that make you an "IT guy/gal?"http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63503/2008/06/20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63503/Do you deal with data or information? Do you know the difference and are you transforming one into the other. Steve Jones comments on the state of many companies' data.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63501/2008/06/20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63501/Steve Jones looks at the positive side of someone else doing your work when you're on vacation. There's an interesting benefit for the company.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63438/2008/06/17http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63438/This Friday Steve Jones has a poll about core DBA skills.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63436/2008/06/17http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63436/Are you in the Zone at work? Can you find those times when you are amazingly productive? Tim Mitchell asks a question in this guest editorial.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63428/2008/06/16http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63428/Money. It's part of the reason why we all work, though hopefully not all of it. Steve Jones comments a bit on financial matters.http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63425/2008/06/16http://www.sqlservercentral.com/redirect/articles/63425/