What a fortnight I had
This has been one of the most stressful fortnight in this company. I did not feel this stressed when our...
2009-03-25
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Blog Posts
Ada Lovelace Day – Celebrating Women In Technology
Today is Ada Lovelace Day, an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in technology. I don't...
2009-03-24
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Great IT Teambuilding – Star Trek
When I worked at JD Edwards years ago, we were looking for monthly teambuilding exercises that would help our group...
2009-03-24
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Overload & Stress - Part 2
Yesterday I was commenting on how a big part of stress for me is getting that sudden burst of work...
2009-03-24
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PASS 2009 Summit Site Open
Registration has been open since the last Summit, but this year Bill Graziano and team have released the Summit 2009...
2009-03-24
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Tips for Submitting Speaking Abstracts to the 2009 PASS Community Summit
As most of you know now, the Call for Speakers for the 2009 PASS Community Summit is open from March...
2009-03-24
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Data Mining With Google Insights For Search
I recently read a NYT article that highlighted how Google search data is being used to predict flu outbreaks at...
2009-03-23
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Overload & Stress - Part 1
As I gain more experience I've found that stress comes in three forms; stress that is there that you don't...
2009-03-23
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Policy Based Management - On Change Prevent, Doesn't
SQL Server 2008 introduces "Policy Based Management" (PBM) as a way to better manage your servers. This was a feature...
2009-03-23
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Heads I win, Tails You Lose
Imagine going to a casino with $100 dollars to gamble. As you enter, you notice a vending machine that sells...
2009-03-22
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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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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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