Intel Westmere-EP Screenshots
CPUID.COM, which hosts the wonderful CPU-Z utility, has a post up that shows where someone has taken a screenshot of...
2009-09-20
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Blog Posts
The Netbook: Upgrade to Windows 7
I’m more than 2 months into the netbook experience, and I’m happy to report that it’s still a good investment. ...
2009-09-19
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Prepping for SQL Connections in Las Vegas
I started watching Leverage this season, after it was recommended by Wil Wheaton (blog/twitter). For those of you that don't...
2009-09-18
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SQL Server 2008 R2 August CTP – Utility Control Point (UTP)
I finally carved out some time in my day to try and get the August CTP of SQL Server 2008...
2009-09-18
1,360 reads
SQL Server High Availabilty Webinar
Always On: SQL Server High Availabilty
Just wanted to tell you all about a fantastic Webinar on SQL Server High Availability,...
2009-09-18
941 reads
Upcoming Speaking Engagements for Q4
In the next few months, I’ll be giving a couple of talks on SQL Server business intelligence. For October, I...
2009-09-18
827 reads
Building a Chair – Part 2
Last week I posted Part 1 and Steve Jones gave some grief about not posting some pictures (rightfully so) of...
2009-09-17
835 reads
Cleaning the Keyboard
I noticed that the keys on my laptop were pretty dirty the other day. The heavily used ones have a...
2009-09-17
800 reads
Fundamentals of Storage Systems - The Basics of Spinning Disks
Your servers are only as fast as the slowest part, hard drives.To feed other parts of the system we have...
2009-09-17
3,332 reads
Interacticely sorting columns in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
Business Intelligence Developers Studio (aka BIDS) for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services makes creating engaging and dynamic reports nearly...
2009-09-17
1,224 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Creating a Simple and Flexible Random Password Generator in SQL Server
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SQL Art, Part 3: Happy Easter Fun in SSMS
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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