2013-07-04
54 reads
Editorial
Who's Got Your Data?
The state of data security might get worse in the future as more companies gather and share more data.
2013-07-03
143 reads
The Intrusion of Life
Life intrudes on work at times, and we must learn to balance the limited time we have. However we also need to remember that we work to live, not live to work.
2013-07-02
277 reads
Achieve Better Performance
This week Steve Jones talks performance and a few things you might want to do that can help your career and employer.
2013-07-01
336 reads
Give
The world is bigger than you, and when you help others, you realize that. Making that change might also make you happier, and more successful, in your career.
2013-07-01
108 reads
2013-06-28
185 reads
Better Technical Interviews
Technical interviews don't work great, but are they dead? Is there a better way? Steve Jones comments today.
2013-06-27
355 reads
Great Engineering Culture
Building great culture in a company is hard, and it takes work. Building great engineering culture can be more challenging, given the strong ideas and opinions people have in technology. Steve Jones has a few thoughts today.
2013-06-26
152 reads
More Data Security Issues
The state of data security is getting better in the US, according to the 2013 survey from Symmatec. However we still have issues.
2013-06-25
119 reads
Great DBAs do <blank>
We know a lot about how great exponents of the DBA profession work, but the role is changing rapidly. What makes a great Data Scientist? Or a great BI specialist?
2013-06-24
284 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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