Reducing Debt and Increasing Security
DevOps is often thought of as bringing more features to customers, but it can also help security.
2022-08-15
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DevOps and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
Metrics that matter for IT organizations on an agile journey
Measuring the wrong things is worse than not measuring anything. In this article, Mallika Gunturu explains the right things to measure for agile.
2022-08-12
DevOps is Mostly About People
Steve says the secret to DevOps is teamwork, which means that people matter. The tools help, but the humans determine the success level.
2022-08-12
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2022-07-30
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2022-06-27
173 reads
The benefits of database change management
Using a change management system for database code is a new idea for many database administrators. Grant Fritchey explains the many benefits of database change control.
2022-06-10
Change Management and Leadership Alignment
Successfully implanting change in an organization requires buy-in from leadership. Rohan Kapoor explains what’s needed to get leadership alignment.
2022-05-20
DBAs and DevOps: A match made in heaven?
DevOps is a buzzword thrown around a lot. But what does it mean for you as a DBA? And how can the whole team work together to achieve peak performance across multiple projects? Join Kathi for the discussion.
2022-03-14
Is the Time of the DBA Ending?
The DBA role might be changing, but Steve thinks this creates opportunities.
2022-03-04
421 reads
The Test Mistake
Many developers have made mistakes that in test and development environments that customers notice. Using DevOps should help reduce these issues.
2022-03-02
213 reads
Blogs
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
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I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Finding the Next Sequence Value: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I saw a question asking about the next sequence value and decided to try...
Forums
DB Design Methods
I've read a few posts regarding what we use to design DB models and...
Auto Update Statistics not triggering on filtered indexes
I've got a table with 186,703,969 rows, about 300GB of data. There are several...
What is the difference between SQL Server and SQL Database?
I created a SQL Database in Azure Portal but I've just noticed it also...
Question of the Day
An Unusual Identity
What values are returned when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest2
(
id NUMERIC(10,0) IDENTITY(10,10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
INSERT dbo.IdentityTest2
(
somevalue
)
VALUES
( 'Steve')
, ('Bill')
GO
SELECT top 10
id
FROM dbo.IdentityTest2 See possible answers