Microsoft Security Webcast

This one is geared towards IT management:
 IT Manager Webcast: Dynamic IT and Security (Part 4 of 5): Identity and Access...

SQL Server 2008 RTM looks to be 3rd Quarter

On the Microsoft Data Platform Insider blog, there is a post indicating new roadmap dates:
  Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Roadmap...

New Technique to Steal From Baggage

I first saw this on funsec security discussion list: 
  Dwarves zipped in
suitcases steal from Swedes

The gist of the story...

Post on Troubleshooting Memory Issues

Here's a post from the Windows Server Performance Team:
   An Overview of Troubleshooting Memory Issues

The post discusses the following issues:
Physical...

Inexpensive Video Training from Internals Expert, Kalen Delaney

 I saw this in my blog reader today:
You can pre-order the Kalen Delaney SQL Server Internals Course - Lesson 1 DVD...

Two Acquisitions of Note

 Saw both of these on ComputerWorld:
   Oracle buying BEA
   Sun buying MySQL 
 
It'll be interesting to see how this changes the...

Why Participating in a Community is Important and Beneficial

Back in 2000 I began writing for swynk.com in hopes of learning more about SQL Server and beginning to make...

Getting Better at Time Management

 One of the things I took from my overall performance last year is I need to get better at time...

Tribute to Honor Jim Gray

Saw this on the Association for Computer Machinery SIGMOD announcements.

Tribute to Honor Jim Gray

It is scheduled for May 31, 2008...

Honeypots in the Database

As a follow up to my post about Cesar Cerrudo's new whitepaper, earlier this month David Litchfield talked about putting...