Upgrading Your Career

Certification is on Steve Jones' mind this week after quite a few training opportunities have popped up lately.

Encryption in Production

This Friday Steve Jones wants to know if you are using encryption in your production system and if so, how is it working? Can you handle DR situations?

Hardware Fun

This has been a bit of a hardware week for me, which is strange. I used to love hardware, building...

API Changes

Steve Jones comments on predictions that we will see new types of APIs coming in the future, especially data APIs.

HASHBYTES

Going Solo

This editorial was originally published on Mar 20, 2007. It is being republished as Steve Jones is on vacation. Today Steve Jones talks about going into business for yourself, and reminding you it's not as simple as it might seem.

Computed Columns and Divide by Zero

I have a few posts on computer columns, the basics of computed columns, using CASE in a computed column, and...

Feedback and Big Data

Continuous improvement comes from measurement, analysis, and changes. Steve Jones talks about how we should be doing that with our data collection, analysis, and storage.

SQL Agent Roles

Insider Security Threats

The biggest security threat always seems to come from insiders and today Steve Jones talks about the need to monitor your environment.