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Scripting

Scripting will become a more important skill in the future, for a variety of reasons.

It Happens

It happens. Code breaks.

The Human Cost of Managing Data

There's a cost to managing data that isn't always considered: the human cost. Additional stress, work, and load can result in less than efficient management, even when you contain hard costs.

Citizen Scientists

The increasing power and shrinking size of computing devices means that more and more people can gather and analyze data. Steve Jones talks about some opportunities.

Encryption and Full Text Search at The Mandalay Bay (DevConnections)

It’s just a week until Dev Connections.  This is one of the great conferences for the hybrid technology person, with...

Opportunities Abound

We have so many ways in which we can grow our SQL Server careers. Steve Jones shares a few today.

Job Worries over Automation

Are you worried about your job in the future? Steve Jones thinks you shouldn't be.

The Dangers of Detach

I ran across a twitter conversation about a post recently. The post talks about detaching or attaching databases in bulk....

Sensors and Data

In the future we'll have a more programmable world, but it will be driven more by data than software.