Thanks to everyone who joined the blog party this month. I noticed three themes in the responses. Every response had one or more of these themes woven into their...
2026-04-17
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Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes. Somewhere in the business, a decision maker is sitting on a question that the data...
2026-04-17 (first published: 2026-04-07)
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Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue a chaotic cloud environment is where it gets interesting. FinOps is about building a culture...
2026-04-15 (first published: 2026-04-06)
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I saw a question asking about the next sequence value and decided to try and answer it myself. I assumed this would be easy, and it was, but I...
2026-04-15 (first published: 2026-03-30)
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Once your Fabric tenant grows past a few workspaces, data discovery gets weird fast. Duplicates multiply. People stop trusting what they find. And security teams start hearing things like,...
2026-04-14
20 reads
As a data nerd who’s spent the last 25+ years helping organizations keep their databases running smoothly, I’ve had this conversation more times than I can count: “We’re moving...
2026-04-14
6 reads
We have multiple teams (8) working on Redgate Monitor. Some work on the Standard Edition, a few on the Enterprise Edition, and others handling core work, like the Linux/PostgreSQL...
2026-04-13 (first published: 2026-04-06)
191 reads
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)
258 reads
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If you possibly can, work where there are no names for what you do.” – from...
2026-04-10
28 reads
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a few people thinking and commenting on their own experiences. I decided to write a few...
2026-04-10 (first published: 2026-04-01)
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By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
It’s the second tuesday of the month, which means T-SQL Tuesday time! This month’s...
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