Half a Million

We crossed the 500,000 member mark last week and we're looking to give away some prizes!

Seamless Upgrade

One of the things mentioned in a keynote at the recent PASS conference was the idea that SQL Server 2008 would be a seamless upgrade. Or maybe I misunderstood and it will seem less like an upgrade 🙂

How many network cards do you need per...

Compliance

The Sarbanes-Oxley act has become a four letter word to many IT people in the US. Thankfully I only had to deal with it for about 9 months before I left to go work on my own, but it was a long 9 months. Especially since I did half the work with JD Edwards and then did it again with Peoplesoft 🙁

Halo 3

This week Steve looks at SQL Server 2008 pricing, Windows XP, and Halo 3

Paperwork Day

Doing payments for articles, expenses, and a few articles. This is definitely a paperwork day. As much as I like...

You are configuring a SQL Server 2005 Integration...

The Quickest Podcast in the Business

I almost forgot to record the podcast for tomorrow's editorial. In case you're a glutton for punishment, it's here. I'd...

I Don't Have a Black Eye

Though it kind of looks like that. Here's the first video podcast.

Halo 3

Actually it's probably the 20th, but it's close...

Monitoring and Alerting

I responded in an interesting thread this morning where someone was looking for advice on what to monitor on their...