Azure – HorizonDB
As Open Source – PostgreSQL and AI is a growing and powerful DB system, AWS and Google already have AWS Aurora and Google AlloyDB, which are Cloud Native PostgreSQL...
2026-07-15 (first published: 2026-07-14)
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Vinay Thakur
Lean Six Sigma – Brief
When you have a project or system, it has to be optimized, tuned, and we must ensure it is consistently performing better. For this, we should use the Lean...
2026-07-14
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Project Management – Part 1
The soul of project management is Process Group(PG) and Knowledge Area(KA). they are related and grouped as follows: Process Group[49] Knowledge Area with Process I will write detail blog...
2026-07-13
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Google – NotebookLM on ThakurVinay blog
Google has contributed a lot of stuff/enhancement on its portfolio, google is no longer a search engine. it is a Major IT company in the industry. having strong base...
2026-05-28
21 reads
SSMS Evaluation – future ready
In previous posts, we looked at the SQL Server engine. for us DBAs, the SSMS plays an important role for handling/Managing SQL Server. we have been using these tools...
2026-05-14 (first published: 2026-05-13)
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Future IT Roles – Agentic Architect and AI Boom!!
These days everything is changing to AI World, IT roles are getting changed and it is going towards AI ways, everyone in IT should be aware of AI –...
2026-05-07
27 reads
OpenClaw- Agentic Engineering
This week has training on AI – Cyber security experts – Omar Santos and Aamir Lakhani- with great knowledge . during the session learned about OpenClaw and more. I...
2026-04-29 (first published: 2026-04-17)
356 reads
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE which is introduced on SQL Server 2008, TDE is at rest has limitation as data...
2026-04-13 (first published: 2026-04-04)
265 reads
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this feature encrypts a physical layer of Database files Data/log files protection at Disk / storage...
2026-04-04 (first published: 2026-04-03)
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SQL Server Journey Part 2: Modern Era (2017 – 2026) – AI/Cloud First
Following up on my Part 1 baseline, the journey from 2017 onward changed how we look at the “Engine.” We moved from Service Packs to a faster world of...
2026-03-28 (first published: 2026-03-27)
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Products
By Steve Jones
We are product focused at Redgate Software. Here is another of our values that...
KDA: Echoes of Deception - Case 7
By Zikato
A fugitive cyber-criminal, a wingsuit, and 24 million flight records. Somewhere between Doha and...
Do This Before You Contact Your SQL Server Consultant
Say you need outside help. You’ve exhausted all the things that you could do...
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BIT_COUNT() III
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count(-1)What is returned? See possible answers