A Disturbing Trend: Government Sponsored Malware
It is understandable that nations may undertake operations against other nations. This is believed to be the origin of StuxNet...
2011-10-13
935 reads
Brian Kelley
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Piiiiiiiigs, er DBAs, in Space!
If you don't get the reference, it was a set of skits on the old Muppet Show and it starred...
2011-10-13
987 reads
Learn to Help Yourself
I used to work with a guy who was adamant that before you asked him for help, you had done the...
2011-10-11
1,294 reads
PASS Summit Attendees: Remember to Network and Maintain
Previously, when I had attended conferences, I had used them to attend as many seminars or talks as I could...
2011-10-10
1,408 reads
Advanced Persistent Threats and Us
In a blog post from last year, Richard Bejtlich (blog | twitter) talked about a concept called an Advanced Persistent Threat...
2011-10-07
1,314 reads
Detecting Security Updates on Vista/Windows 7/2008/2008R2
When trying to detect whether updates have been installed or not, there were several places we investigated:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UninstallHKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\HotFixHKLM\Software\Microsoft\UpdatesSome updates still write to...
2011-10-06
2,698 reads
Two Great Talks on the State of Internet Security
Recently I've started following the public work of Mikko Hypponen (blog | twitter), the Chief Research Officer of F-Secure. I've known...
2011-10-05
1,033 reads
Have end users who need an introduction to SQL Server book?
At the beginning of this year, my introductory text to SQL Server, appropriately titled Introduction to SQL Server, became available for sale....
2011-09-19
1,319 reads
Looking to interact with those proficient in Japanese
In the 1970s my mother and her younger sister married U.S. Marines. Both came to the States when their husbands...
2011-09-12
785 reads
Don't Wait to Start Blogging
I was reading a post by Jonathan Fields (blog | twitter) about making bad guitars. Okay, so what does that have to...
2011-08-15
2,245 reads
Blogs
Troubleshooting SQL Server – Starting with the Error Log
By gbargsley
We’ve all been there. Someone walks up and asks, “Is SQL Server having issues?”...
From OLTP to Analytics: Bridging the Gap with Modern SQL Architectures
By Chris Yates
In the beginning, there was OLTP – Online Transaction Processing. Fast, reliable, and ruthlessly...
Free Online Sessions – Building the €100 DWH and Indexing for Dummies
I’m giving two online sessions soon on virtual events that are free to attend....
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Tables with a SPARSE Column and Consumption
True or False: Tables with a SPARSE column consume more space than regular columns if most values are NOT NULL.
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