Is Microsoft “years behind” in cloud apps?
Microsoft is associated almost exclusively with Windows and Office. Unfortunately a lot more...
2010-05-15
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Opportunities in (I.T.) Chaos
I just finished reading “The next wave of technologies” by Phil Simon. A great read! It proposes a...
2010-04-18
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The Web 3.0 has finally arrived… It’s The Cloud
The 2008 trending topic everyone was talking about was the Web 2.0. On October 23 that same year,...
2010-04-02
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Blogs
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Monday Monitor Tips: SQL Auditing Preview
By Steve Jones
One of the features we advocates have been advocating for is a better way...
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Databricks Data Intelligence Platform: Unlocking the GenAI Revolution
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Storytelling with Data: Let's Practice!
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Fundamentals of Data Engineering: Plan and Build Robust Data Systems
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Question of the Day
The Decoded Value
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers