Back in the EU
I flew to Amsterdam last night and hopefully by the time this publishes I’ll be at my hotel, catching up on messages and prepping for another Simple Talk Podcast...
2025-09-29
11 reads
I flew to Amsterdam last night and hopefully by the time this publishes I’ll be at my hotel, catching up on messages and prepping for another Simple Talk Podcast...
2025-09-29
11 reads
It always starts the same way. You open your laptop on a Monday morning, coffee in hand, ready to tackle the week, only to spend the first hour hunting...
2025-09-29 (first published: 2025-09-04)
247 reads
In modern IT environments, not all workloads require the same level of storage performance, protection, or cost. Some applications need high performance with aggressive data protection, while others are...
2025-09-29 (first published: 2025-09-04)
117 reads
Thanks to everyone who attended my sessions today at SQL Saturday Boston 2025. I’ve got resources listed below Slides Here are the slides from my two sessions Running a...
2025-09-27
20 reads
Fear is fueled by a lack of imagination. The antidote to fear is not bravery; it looks more like imagination – from Excellent Advice for Living What a neat...
2025-09-26
11 reads
I thought it would be good to put my thoughts down on how to prepare for a certification. I don't know how many posts I will make on this,...
2025-09-26 (first published: 2025-09-04)
482 reads
As I use containers more and more to run various things, I decided I not only wanted to set up docker compose files, I wanted to name them something...
2025-09-26 (first published: 2025-09-03)
286 reads
As a data & AI strategist who’s seen countless projects succeed and fail, I have learned that data quality management really comes down to building the right foundation from...
2025-09-25 (first published: 2025-09-23)
21 reads
A bunch of new features for Microsoft Fabric were announced at the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference (FabCon Vienna) recently. Here are all the new features that I found most interesting, with...
2025-09-25 (first published: 2025-09-24)
13 reads
I’m excited to announce the release of a new open-source project that fully automates HammerDB benchmarking for SQL Server using Docker. If you’ve ever needed to run TPC-C or...
2025-09-25 (first published: 2025-09-06)
23 reads
By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have approached data management with the same mindset as someone stuffing...
Truncate Table Pitfalls Truncating a table can be gloriously fast—and spectacularly dangerous when used carelessly....
You can find all the session materials for the presentation “Indexing for Dummies” that...
At Landscape services in Texas, proper watering after planting new flower bulbs is crucial...
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