Kathi Kellenberger speaking at Midlands PASS
On October 17th, Midlands PASS will welcome Kathi Kellenberger to speak on T-SQL 2012. Here's what her talk will be...
2012-10-05
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Webcast on SQL Server Auditing on October 9th
Idera will be re-broadcasting that I recorded earlier in the year on meeting audits with SQL Server. It's scheduled for...
2012-10-04
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Participate in the PASS Election Process
Once again it is time for the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Board of Directors election. This year there...
2012-09-26
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The Reason I Won't Be at the PASS Summit This Year
We welcomed daughter #3 and child #5 into this world on Saturday at 9:43 AM. She came a bit earlier...
2012-09-24
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PASS ProfDev VC presentation recording available
Back on August 15th I did a webinar for the PASS Professional Development virtual chapter on my talk Being the...
2012-09-10
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An important query to remember
This is based on a post with respect to where our focus and efforts should be that I wrote at...
2012-08-30
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Don't Disconnect Your Common Sense
This falls in line with a previous post about common sense in IT.
I was having lunch with a co-worker,...
2012-08-23
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Delaying AV Definitions?
Auto-deploying AV definitions has become common place throughout the industry. However, this post from the SANS Internet Storm Center raises the...
2012-08-21
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Resources for Those Dealing with Security Patches
It's been a while since I was in the day-to-day business of security patches. However, I still keep up with...
2012-08-24 (first published: 2012-08-21)
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Rant: Applying Common Sense in IT
I was watching a training video last night and the instructor made the statement we hear all the time:
"Test this...
2012-08-23 (first published: 2012-08-17)
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