Microsoft and R
R is an interesting language and one that might become more important to data professionals in the future. Microsoft is also making an investment here.
2015-03-19
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Editorial
2015-03-18
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2019-05-22 (first published: 2015-03-17)
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Computational Biologist
A job Steve Jones has never heard of is using data to improve medical treatments.
2015-03-16
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2015-03-16
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The Worst Comments
Comments in code can be tricky, but certainly some are better than others. What are your bad examples?
2019-06-05 (first published: 2015-03-13)
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Data Breach Danger
Is a data breach a danger to those identified in the data. A court says no, but Steve Jones wonders if this is a bad decision.
2018-11-09 (first published: 2015-03-12)
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Limitations of MongoDb
This article looks at two critical limitations suffered by MongoDb compared with SQL Server.
2015-03-10
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Don’t Understand? You’re About to Learn Something
Learning opportunities abound, but they can be stressful, as shown in today's guest editorial.
2015-03-09
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Fifty Words for Databases
Phil wonders whether it is our poor vocabulary about databases that has lead to the failure of developers and Operations people to understand each other on the topic of deployment.
2015-03-09
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Blogs
What’s New at AWS re:Invent 2025 – Day 1 Highlights
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Why is shrinking IT budgets a good thing?
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Question of the Day
A New Operator
In SQL Server 2025, what does this code return?
SELECT '1' || '0'See possible answers