What the heck are you actually using NoSQL for?

It’s a truism that we should choose the right tool for the job. Everyone says that. And who can disagree?...

Without a Strong PaaS, ITaaS, DevOps & IaaS Fall Short #cloud

To lower IT operational costs and/or to become more agile, the business must simplify the processes to deliver and manage...

5 Things Series – APPLY Operator

In this series I’m going to detail the 5 T-SQL Commands that review in my  5 T-SQL Commands I’ve been...

Actual Emails: More Grief for GUIDs

Wrote this email exchange with some developer colleagues about to embark on performance tuning.
Subject: bag o' tricks from DMV talk
From: A. Developer
Hey...

Big Data Success May Rely on Hiring the Right Skill Sets #bigdata #hr

Five Tips to Improve Your Data Analysis
It’s no secret that Big Data’s real challenge may not be the technology, but...

Does Your Company Make You a Better Person?

Successful organizations place personal development front and center.
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Don’t Forget About the Second Shot

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A couple weeks back, in a post on certifications, I mentioned the Second Shot offer from Microsoft...

If You’re Not Helping People Develop, You’re Not Management Material #management

Facilitating employee learning should be a non-negotiable competency. Employee development is one of the most critically important jobs any manager...

If You’ve Just Taken Over a Team, Quickly Let Underperformers Go

Your job is not to maintain the status quo. When you take over a team, you need to evalute why...

Locks, Blocks, and Deadlocks Oh My!

Abstract Managing concurrency is one of the most challenging aspects of working with any enterprise DBMS. There is much confusion out there about locking, blocking, and deadlocks. In this...