PASS Summit 2024 – A Very Different World
The last data centric conference I attended was the PASS Summit in 2019. A few months later, much of the world went on lockdown due to COVID. Since then,...
2024-11-06
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Heading to 2024 PASS Summit
I am able to head back to Seattle for the PASS Summit this year. I would love to meet up with friends and colleagues. I shouldn’t be too hard...
2024-10-29
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Build Recovery into the Design
It's like disaster recovery (and business continuity) planning is the end-of-term research paper that the professor mentioned on the first day of class, but which most students don't start...
2024-10-23 (first published: 2024-10-10)
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A word on misogyny/sexism in cybersecurity/IT
Recently, on a post celebrating a female professional earning a significant achievement within the cybersecurity field, another individual (male) commented wondering if this was due to DEI. The one...
2024-10-11 (first published: 2024-09-24)
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When It’s No Longer Viable
Sometimes a solution is no longer viable because there isn’t a path forward and sometimes a solution isn’t viable because there are better options out there from the organization’s...
2024-10-09
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When It’s Still Viable
If a technology is still viable, don’t overlook it. Don’t get caught up chasing the “shiny” or the “perfect” solution just because you can.
2024-10-08
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Reducing Meetings and Making Them More Productive
I’m sick of meetings and I know many other folks are, too. Every time a knowledge worker (such as IT or cybersecurity but also business) has to go to...
2024-08-23 (first published: 2024-08-09)
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A word about IT/cybersecurity and mental health
Just as it's important to take care of our physical health (and I'm guilty of neglecting that), it is important to take care of our mental health, too. Also,...
2024-06-10 (first published: 2024-05-20)
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T-SQL Tuesday #174: Job Interview Questions
Once upon a time, I used to think of difficult technical questions to ask candidates for a DBA position. However, over time I came to understand that in most...
2024-06-07 (first published: 2024-05-14)
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Friday Basics: RPO and RTO
I did a post last month titled RTO and RPO are myths unless you've tested recovery, but I only briefly covered what RPO and RTO are. This post goes...
2024-05-31 (first published: 2024-05-10)
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ISACA AI Material/Exam Prep Discount (May 18 – June 30, 2026)
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Track SQL Server Configuration Changes Using the Error Log
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Track SQL Server Configuration Changes Using the Error Log If you...
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Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
In the Database Engine, when a deadlock is detected, what does the detection interval shrink to (in time)?
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