The Power of Hadoop
Hadoop is an open source framework for working with data, and one that Microsoft has adopted. Is it worth using in your environment? Steve Jones thinks you should investigate it.
2012-02-27
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Steve Jones
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A Break from Databases
A Friday poll that's a break from work, and should be a bit of fun. Today Steve Jones asks about movies, and what's been interesting from the last year.
2012-02-24
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No MVP Summit for Me
On the corner of my rather messy desk is little recognition item in the image to the right. It’s a...
2012-02-24
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2012-02-24
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Future Virtual Machines
What's the benefit of virtual machines and hypervisors? Steve Jones has a few comments on them and their future.
2012-02-23
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2012-02-22
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Where’s My Backup? SQL Server Backup Issues
You can cause yourself problems if you don’t know where your backups are stored, and how they are being made....
2012-02-21
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2012-02-20
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Programmers v Salespeople
This Friday Steve Jones asks whether you think the salespeople or the technical people are more important to the success of a company. And if they should be better compensated.
2012-02-17
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Creating Your Own Certificates
Did you know that you don’t need to go to Digicert or Thawte, or any other company to get a...
2012-02-16
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Blogs
Troubleshooting SQL Server – Starting with the Error Log
By gbargsley
We’ve all been there. Someone walks up and asks, “Is SQL Server having issues?”...
From OLTP to Analytics: Bridging the Gap with Modern SQL Architectures
By Chris Yates
In the beginning, there was OLTP – Online Transaction Processing. Fast, reliable, and ruthlessly...
Free Online Sessions – Building the €100 DWH and Indexing for Dummies
I’m giving two online sessions soon on virtual events that are free to attend....
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Question of the Day
Tables with a SPARSE Column and Consumption
True or False: Tables with a SPARSE column consume more space than regular columns if most values are NOT NULL.
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