Hadoop and SQL Server
Hadoop is a technology that's getting quite a bit of attention in the last few years, including integration with SQL Server. Steve Jones talks about the technology and how it might fit in your career.
2015-01-14
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Editorial
Testing
We know that software testing is important, but we often don't do a great job of executing. Steve Jones talk database testing today.
2015-01-13
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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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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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Blogs
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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