With the Labor Day holiday in the US, Steve Jones takes a break from writing and brings you a compilation of mistakes from the past few months.  Read more...

IBM is testing a new hardware disk array that vastly outperforms any current arrays. What does this mean for the database world?  Read more...

As DBAs, we don't often deal with the human interface side of the applications that we build, but it is important. And we want to be sure that anything we develop considers the end user's perspective. Steve Jones asks how much should this matter?  Read more...

Blogging is increasingly becoming a part of more and more people's lives. But to what extent should it be part of your corporate image? Steve Jones has a few comments about a very interesting blog he found.  Read more...

It seems a tremendous amount of data is lost every year on laptops in airports. Steve Jones talks about some of the issues with physical security and your portable computers.  Read more...

This bi-monthly update on energy news covers quite a bit of wind-related power generation happening around the world.  Read more...

Sun Microsystems built a database application that processes a million messages a second. Steve Jones talks about the achievement.  Read more...

Steve Jones talks a bit about the Exceptional DBA awards and calls for your vote.  Read more...

As DBAs we must secure and protect data, but what can we do when there are fundamental issues with the way the systems are designed. Steve Jones comments on problems with voting machines.  Read more...

This Friday's poll looks at vacation and how you prepare to be unwired. Steve Jones talks about some of the things you can do.  Read more...

Gaining recognition or an award without earning it is something Steve Jones thinks is a problem in society in general, and it's filtered into the IT industry.  Read more...

A time of crisis means a lot of things to people in technology, but Steve Jones talks about something that's often forgotten.  Read more...

There are times we all struggle finding solutions to the issues at work. Steve Jones talks about how to make that breakthrough in solving problems when you are stuck.  Read more...

How quickly should you report a loss of data? It's an interesting question in these security conscious times and Steve Jones talks about   Read more...

As a telecommuter Steve Jones has found it has increased his productivity, but he's not alone. Sun has examined their own telework program from the energy perspective.  Read more...

As IT becomes more and more important to not only businesses but governments, what does that mean in the event of a disaster?  Read more...

This Friday Steve Jones comments on the practice of using Active Directory to help manage your SQL Server and what the best practice should be.  Read more...

Training is something that Steve Jones believes in for an successful IT career. However this Friday he asks how much should your employer help.  Read more...

System administrators have a lot of power and temptation to use it. Steve Jones talks about the need to resist temptation and the need for oversight.  Read more...

The Mojave Experiment is a marketing effort by Microsoft that is very interesting in looking at first impressions. Steve Jones comments.  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...

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...