Know when to hold 'em
It's time for the SQLServerCentral Party at PASS and Steve Jones talks about the event.
2011-09-27
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Steve Jones
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Probabilities and Disaster Recovery
Today Steve Jones talks about the probabilities of different types of disasters occurring in your enterprise. He reminds you that the effort spent on disaster recovery ought to be related to the cost of the disaster, and the risk of it actually occurring.
2011-09-26
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Recovery Models
In SQL Server we have three basic recovery models: full, bulk-logged, and simple. By default we find that most databases...
2011-09-26
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Big Gaps
Today Steve Jones talks about the gaps in our knowledge and our skill sets. He asks which things you think that all data professionals should be learning.
2011-09-23
365 reads
A Better Application Model
The AppStore model is one that Steve Jones likes, but he'd like to see it slightly more open over time and allow other companies to vet applications that users can then install on any system or device.
2011-09-22
106 reads
Data Quality on the Open Web
As we look to take more data from customers and clients and embed it in our applications, data quality becomes a bigger issue
2011-09-21
90 reads
Free as in Beer
This editorial was originally published on Feb 7, 2006. Today Steve Jones looks at the problems of plagiarism and the avoidance of work by many people these days.
2011-09-20
165 reads
Dreaming of Windows
This week Steve Jones dreams about the changes he would like to see in the next version of Windows, unveiled this past week at the Microsoft Build Conference.
2011-09-19
74 reads
Intertia
This editorial was originally published on August 22, 2006. Steve Jones looks at the pace of change in companies and notes it ought to be dictated by the business, not IT.
2011-09-19
73 reads
Cloud Common Sense
Moving to the cloud, or any other type of outsourcing should be done with common sense, as Steve discusses today. That means keeping control of your backups.
2011-09-15
116 reads
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5 Starter Projects for Your AI and Data Engineering Portfolio
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Running SQLCMD II
I run this command to start SQLCMD:
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