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.  Read more...

A Friday poll from Steve Jones looks at service accounts and how you deal with passwords.  Read more...

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.  Read more...

Humor in the workplace is essential for a good environment, but employees need to be careful about what they might consider sharing.  Read more...

What's important in an IT employee? Steve Jones talks about the skills and measurements CIOs want today and tomorrow.  Read more...

Steve Jones talks about the value of software maintenance and how you should view their value.  Read more...

In this update from the past week Steve Jones looks at leaks in encrypted disks and Web 2.0 development.  Read more...

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. (Steve Jones reads)  Read more...

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.  Read more...

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.  Read more...

Steve Jones is looking for some interesting application ideas using SQL Server that can help teach people how to take advantage of features.  Read more...

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.  Read more...

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.  Read more...

For this Friday, Steve Jones has a poll about life outside of work and how much you tinker with things.  Read more...

Do you have an MBA? If so, has it helped you? Is it worth getting one for someone in IT? Ted Pin comments.  Read more...

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.  Read more...

Security can be a hassle, but Steve Jones talks about why we sometimes put up with the difficulties of implementing strong security.  Read more...

Intel is moving in the direction of more and more cores on a single CPU, so what does that mean for programmers?  Read more...

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.  Read more...

Does your IT organization bring value to your company? Steve Jones takes a look at some of the ways you can do this.  Read more...

Running backups is enough for disaster recovery, right? That's a myth that could get you into trouble. Steve Jones explains there's more that's needed.  Read more...

Do we really need to corner the market for our particular business? Steve Jones talks about the need to grow your business at the expense of others.  Read more...

Every profession has its share of myths about how it works. IT might have more than its share and Steve Jones comments on a few of them.  Read more...