Selling Automation to Ops
Steve Jones thinks that DevOps is the wave of the future for most companies. He has a few ways to try and bridge the gap between development and Operations groups.
2018-10-16 (first published: 2015-01-12)
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Editorial
Data Lakes
An interesting new paradigm popped up in the news this week: the data lake. It examines data as a model for organizational architectures.
2015-01-12
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Multiple Backup Files
This Friday Steve Jones looks at your backup system and wonders how many people use striped backups.
2015-01-09
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Two Days Off
Verizon is taking their cloud service offline for maintenance for two days. Steve Jones doesn't think that sounds good.
2015-01-08
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Test Your Situation
One of the important things is to be able to recover your environment. That doesn't mean you need to know everything about SQL Server and potential disasters, but you should know their affect on your situation.
2015-01-07
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Recovering from Bad Deployments
When you deploy software, what do you do if things don't go well? Steve Jones talks about a few options you might have.
2015-01-06
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Staying Successful
What helps people be successful in a company? Perhaps a little analytic work can help employers determine this.
2015-01-05
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DBA of the World
Conference travel enhances our minds with more than just SQL. It exposes us to new cultures, people and possibilities.
2015-01-05
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What's Coming True?
Steve Jones looks forward to the new year and asks in this poll what you think will happen.
2015-01-02
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2015-01-01
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
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
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
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Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
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