Colorado Wildfires

More than a few people have asked how I’m doing with all the fires in Colorado, so I wanted to...

Security and Honesty

Today Steve Jones talks security and the need for us to share information about issues, especially those that impact security.

Six Figures

This week Steve Jones looks at some data professional jobs that pay over six figures.

Views and changes

The High Availability Poll

Most customers and clients wants highly available systems, with 100% uptime if possible. However most don't want to pay for them, and eventually tolerate some outages to keep costs down. This Friday, Steve Jones asks what is your environment like.

Password Help

Passwords control most of our access to computer systems and provide some level of authentication, but their security depends heavily on their strength and privacy. Steve Jones says you can set a good example for others and hemp improve security on all systems.

Restart Log Backups

Last Week to Enter the Exceptional DBA Contest

Just a reminder: you have until this Friday to enter the 2012 Exceptional DBA awards. I’m judging, and looking forward...

The Redmond Agenda

The things that are important to Microsoft might not be the same ones that are important to you as a customer. However Steve Jones thinks that the potential changes in the release strategy may be good for data professionals.

Using a Symmetric Key

In my Encryption Primer talk, I do demo on symmetric key use, and wanted to document it here. Encryption is...