2008-09-01
796 reads
Editorial - WMV
Labor Day Bloopers
With the Labor Day holiday in the US, Steve Jones takes a break from writing and brings you a compilation of mistakes from the past few months.
2008-08-30
61 reads
One Milly-yon IOPS - Database Weekly (Sept 1, 2008)
IBM is testing a new hardware disk array that vastly outperforms any current arrays. What does this mean for the database world?
2008-08-30
484 reads
Un-Wired
This Friday's poll looks at vacation and how you prepare to be unwired. Steve Jones talks about some of the things you can do.
2008-08-28
51 reads
The August 2008 Energy Update
This bi-monthly update on energy news covers quite a bit of wind-related power generation happening around the world.
2008-08-27
521 reads
The Million Message System
Sun Microsystems built a database application that processes a million messages a second. Steve Jones talks about the achievement.
2008-08-26
57 reads
Working Under Pressure
A time of crisis means a lot of things to people in technology, but Steve Jones talks about something that's often forgotten.
2008-08-25
61 reads
Believe in Your Data - Database Weekly (Aug 25, 2008)
As DBAs we must secure and protect data, but what can we do when there are fundamental issues with the way the systems are designed. Steve Jones comments on problems with voting machines.
2008-08-22
238 reads
Managing Security
This Friday Steve Jones comments on the practice of using Active Directory to help manage your SQL Server and what the best practice should be.
2008-08-21
50 reads
The Brainstorm Zone
There are times we all struggle finding solutions to the issues at work. Steve Jones talks about how to make that breakthrough in solving problems when you are stuck.
2008-08-20
63 reads
Blogs
Microsoft announces new cybersecurity AI multi-model
By Brian Kelley
Yesterday, July 27, 2026, Microsoft announced a new cybersecurity effort called Project Perception. Included...
Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running
By Steve Jones
If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
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