Moving to DataOps
DataOps is another DevOps term for the modern management of data. It's not just the daily work of a DBA, however, as Steve notes in this piece.
2021-11-01
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DevOps and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
How to successfully deploy databases with external references
Database objects often have references to external databases which makes continuous integration problematic. In this article Liz Baron and Sebastian Meine demonstrate a solution.
2021-10-27
Going Cloud Native
Lots of organizations are moving to the cloud, but having different levels of success. This change can be powerful and create tremendous opportunity, but it can also be a disappointment.
2021-10-20
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To Inifinity and Beyond With 1=1
There is some code that might work, but could lead others astray in the future. Today Steve notes that we ought to write code that sets a good example, and a loop that potentially runs forever isn't that type of code.
2021-09-22
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Sharing knowledge in communities of practice
Communities of practice bring people together to share ideas and learn from each other about a common interest. In this article, Robert Sheldon explains and gives some advice on starting them.
2021-09-06
Digitizing Construction
One of the more analog industries is embracing digital change faster and faster./
2021-08-11
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Improving DevOps Automation
Steve notes that his employer is re-evaluating their build and release process, in a true DevOps fashion to improve the way they build software.
2021-07-14
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2021-06-09
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The Tech Blame Game
There has been a trend to blame a single IT person, or a small group, for issues in large enterprises. Nowhere else in the corporate world would one person be blamed for a major failure.
2021-06-07
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Scaling Deployment
This week there was an interesting article on DevOps and Ancestry.com's DevOps process. They are a fairly large enterprise, with 70+ teams that need to deploy code on a regular basis. As they've grown, there was some concern over each team learning how to best build their software pipeline. While they shared knowledge with each […]
2021-06-05
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Blogs
Using a tnsnames.ora file with the Microsoft Connector for Oracle in SSIS
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ChatGpt Experiments–Getting Documentation
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A New Word: Jouska
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