Advice I Like: Rewards from Work

The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If you possibly can, work where there are no names for what you do.” – from...

Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up

I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a few people thinking and commenting on their own experiences. I decided to write a few...

Who Are You Doing It For?

But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed to ask a critical question, "Who am I doing this for?" When I agree to...

Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption

Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but I’ve also watched teams stumble during adoption. FinOps sounds simple in theory: collaborate, track costs,...

Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference

A ton of new features for Microsoft Fabric were announced at the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon Atlanta 26) last week (see the FabCon keynote here). There were 8000 attendees! Here...

Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation

Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue a chaotic cloud environment is where it gets interesting. FinOps is about building a culture...

Did You Really Name That Default?

Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to avoid having SQL Server name them for you. I closed with the following statement:

SQL Server...

Google Moves Up Post-Quantum Cryptography Timeline

In cryptography, the RSA and ECC algorithms which we use primarily for asymmetric cryptography are susceptible to Shor's Algorithm in quantum cryptography. Cracking those algorithms with classical computing is...

Monday Monitor Tips: A New Analysis Page

We have multiple teams (8) working on Redgate Monitor. Some work on the Standard Edition, a few on the Enterprise Edition, and others handling core work, like the Linux/PostgreSQL...

SQL Server Security: Always Encryption

As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE which is introduced on SQL Server 2008, TDE is at rest has limitation as data...