The Managed Cloud Database Options
You have a number of options for moving your database to the cloud, but Steve has a few things you might want to consider before you do so.
2025-01-15
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Cloud Computing
The Rise of Data Centers
There is still a huge demand for data centers, both from cloud vendors and private enterprises.
2025-01-06
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2024-12-30
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Build a Streaming Data Architecture with Apache Kafka and Zookeeper
In this article, we look at how to use Apache Kafka and Zookeeper to process and load streaming data.
2024-12-16
An introduction to Terraform
As a Data Engineer I found myself having to learn rather more about cloud infrastructure than I had expected.
2024-12-02
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The Cloud Security Problem
Cloud security can be better than on-premises, but it requires work and knowledge.
2024-10-30
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Cloud vs On-premises
Is the cloud better or worse for a workload? One company, BlueSky, has moved on-premises despite their rapidly growing workload.
2024-07-17
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Cloud Transformation
There are lots of companies moving databases to the cloud. Steve has a few thoughts on how to evaluate this for your company.
2024-06-21
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The DBAccountant
Are DBAs going to be responsible for financial accounting for cloud resources as a part of their job? Steve has a few thoughts today.
2024-05-06
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The Cloud Database Cost Analysis
Managing costs in the cloud is something many companies are concerned about. Today Steve thinks that technical people will bear more responsibility for this in the future.
2024-03-27
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Blogs
EightKB 2026 – Schedule and Registration
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Killing Explicit Sort Steps in Redshift with the Right SORTKEY
You paste a slow Redshift query plan into PlanTrace and one of the tuning...
AI Experiments: Parsing Payment Memos
By Steve Jones
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Displaying Money
I want to get the currency sign displayed with my amount stored in a money type. Does this work?
DECLARE @Amount MONEY; SET @Amount = '?1500'; SELECT CAST( @Amount AS VARCHAR(30)) AS EurosSee possible answers