This past Thursday, Edwin Sarmiento presented a session for our Microsoft Data Platform Continuity Virtual Group entitled “3 Reasons Why Focusing on Tech Is The Worst Way To Deploy...
2021-08-02
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I’m thrilled to have recently released a video with Microsoft’s Data Exposed on Channel 9 where I discuss setting up Linux storage appropriate for on-demand disk expansion for your...
2021-07-29
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I’m thrilled to be presenting with Deji Akomolafe a new session at this year’s VMworld 2021 conference called “Virtualization Microsoft SQL Server on vSphere – Stories from the Trenches”...
2021-07-22
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Do you have quite large MDF files on your database? By large, I mean hundreds of gigabytes (or larger). Have you ever noticed that your SQL Server disk stall...
2021-07-21 (first published: 2021-07-08)
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I’m pleased to announce that this month’s presentation for the Microsoft Data Platform Continuity Virtual Group will be on July 29th at 2pm Eastern time. This presentation from Edwin...
2021-07-20
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I recently was a part of GestaltIT’s AI Field Day and have been thinking heavily about artificial intelligence (and by extension, machine learning and deep learning) lately. I put...
2021-07-09 (first published: 2021-06-28)
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Disasters big and small happen, and as data professionals, you should be prepared for the worst! I’m thrilled to announce that we’re launching the Microsoft Data Platform Continuity Virtual...
2021-06-15
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With the rise of Kubernetes and other completely cloud-based deployments, on-premises data centers seem to be on the way out to make way for the scalability and dynamism of...
2021-06-08
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I’m thrilled to have recently recorded a podcast with Nick Korte from Nerd Journey. He recently recorded a different podcast that talks about the journey from being an IT...
2021-05-28 (first published: 2021-05-18)
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This past week I had a great Client ask an even greater question, and it got me thinking. The question is straightforward (albeit nerdy, which I love). “We’ve enabled...
2021-05-19 (first published: 2021-05-10)
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I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt...
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for...
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
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