Steve Jones asks for some opinions on how to approach the new timeframe of software releases.  Read more...

This Friday's poll asks about one of Steve Jones' favorite activities.  Read more...

New technologies often bring with them lots of new data. Steve Jones talks about some changes that we might see with new RFID technology being deployed in some industries.  Read more...

Microsoft made a sizeable big for Yahoo and Steve Jones talks about one of the more interesting aspects of that bid that didn't receive much press.  Read more...

As DBAs we should be very detail oriented, but Steve Jones talks about some challenges with keeping up with your tasks and projects and some software that might help.  Read more...

Steve Jones thinks that programmers should be able to negotiate any deal they can and Joel Spolsky has no reason to be upset.  Read more...

How often do you worry about your database size and free space? Steve Jones asks how you administer your SQL Server database space this Friday.  Read more...

Steve Jones examines what big is these days and a few examples of what the largest database people in the world deal with.  Read more...

Steve Jones still thinks there is a lot of value in books, both fiction and non-fiction, but he's looking at e-Readers, specifically the Kindle from Amazon.  Read more...

The DBA's Mantra: All data readers are evil. Steve Jones talks about a proposed corollary that might be appropriate to ensure security.  Read more...

How should we build tools? Should they be easy to use? Or does it make sense to have some things hard to do so that only experienced used choose them. Steve Jones comments on usability and the implications of your choices.  Read more...

SQL Server allows some interesting index behavior and there's been some debate over whether it makes sense or not. This Friday Steve Jones asks if you have a reason for this.  Read more...

Steve Jones looks at how SQL Server is in use at the Internal Revenue Service.  Read more...

The bimonthly update on energy news from Steve Jones, focusing mostly this month on wind power.  Read more...

Some of the features that seem to make LINQ very attractive also seem to require granting table level access to data, something Steve Jones doesn't like.  Read more...

What happens if you allow people to be in control of their own computers? Are we putting the inmates in charge of the asylum?  Read more...

How does the job market look this year for DBAs? Steve Jones asks the SQL Server community for their thoughts on the current employment outlook.  Read more...

Steve Jones is up in the Redmond area at Microsoft's HQ looking for SQL Server developers.  Read more...

The other major database vendors have been making investments by purchasing database related companies, but what has Microsoft done?  Read more...

A develop should be a glass-half-full kind of guy, at least according to Steve Jones.   Read more...

I heard on Thursday a couple weeks ago that someone who had received a free admission to the PASS conference had cancelled and wasn't able to attend. It was last minute and that pretty much ruled out any chance to have a contest, so I called a friend in Denver who's a DBA and doesn't get much of a budget for training. I offered him the admission and he said he'd let me know Friday.  Read more...

One of the fundamental rules of a stable, controlled production system is that you apply updates singly, after they've been tested, and you document the change. This way you can ensure that if a problem occurs, you can do some backtracking to see what might have caused instability.  Read more...

An idea that could save time and resources for backup and recovery in SQL Server.  Read more...