The Release Schedule

Coordinating the release of software among all the groups involved can be quite a chore. Steve Jones comments on some of the challenges.

Business of Software 2008 - Selling 101

I'm starting a series of blog posts from the Business of Software conference
that I attended last week in Boston. If...

The Broken Window

A new data mining thrilled from Jeffrey Deaver has Steve Jones concerned about the centralization of data mining.

Databases for Change

Meaningful change often requires information collection, processing, retrieval and distribution. As database professionals, that's our bag. So what can we do to help things along?

Databases for Change

Meaningful change often requires information collection, processing, retrieval and distribution. As database professionals, that's our bag. So what can we do to help things along?

Databases for Change

Meaningful change often requires information collection, processing, retrieval and distribution. As database professionals, that's our bag. So what can we do to help things along?

SQL Server Profiler

A Lack of SQL

Steve Jones talks about a company looking to write all their stored procedures using the CLR in SQL Server. Is this a good idea?

Business of Software 2008 - Pecha Kucha

I'm starting a series of blog posts from the Business of Software conference
that I attended last week in Boston. If...

Is it 1995?

A bug in the SQL Server 2008 upgrade process has Steve Jones questioning the coding practices at Microsoft.