Zettabytes and Beyond
The growth of data, and the sheer scale of data we store and manage is stunning. Steve Jones looks at the rates of growth these days.
2013-03-21
167 reads
Editorial
Serious Storage
Steve Jones talks about the serious storage that EMC is bringing to the Vatican library.
2013-03-19
212 reads
The Backup Process
Today Steve Jones talks about backups. Setting up a process is good, but you cannot count on it working forever. You need to check periodically to be sure it's working, and that your skills are not deteriorating.
2013-03-18
202 reads
Inconsistency
This Friday Steve Jones notes that changing and altering your opinions is good and invites you to share things you might have learned that changed your mind in the past.
2013-03-15
136 reads
The Gambler
If you are the type of person that doesn't run DBCC checks, Steve Jones thinks you're a gambler. And you might think about attending SQL Intersection next month in Vegas.
2013-03-14
222 reads
Resetting DMVs
Steve Jones asks the question why so much data in SQL Server is cleared when we restart an instance.
2013-03-13
184 reads
Self Describing Databases
Today Steve Jones gives his vision of the database in the future. He hopes that databases contain more information about not only their objects, but their needs, like backups and maintenance.
2013-03-12
365 reads
Cloud Services. Waiting for the 'paint to dry'?
Despite recent 'outages', The canny CIO will make use of the obvious advantages of public cloud services where it risks neither security or availability. Adoption of the Cloud services and platforms is going to be most effective where the Cloud’s advantages of rapid scalability can be harnessed.
2013-03-11
85 reads
Productivity and Accountability
The recent decision by Yahoo to end telecommuting elicits some comments from Steve Jones on the topic of remote work.
2013-03-07
163 reads
Two Plugs Away
The culture and practices at Valve are interesting to Steve Jones, but the desks really caught his eye.
2013-03-06
164 reads
Blogs
Google – NotebookLM on ThakurVinay blog
By Vinay Thakur
Google has contributed a lot of stuff/enhancement on its portfolio, google is no longer...
Distance Metrics for Semantic Similarity Searches in SQL Server 2025
Next up in my series talking about The Burrito Bot is diving into the...
The end of an era – why I chose not to renew my MVP
By DataOnWheels
Two years ago, two things happened within a few days of each other. I...
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Unraveling the Mysteries of the Ephemeral Model: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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QUOTENAME Behavior
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QUOTENAME Behavior
I use QUOTENAME() like this in code?
DECLARE @s VARCHAR(20) = 'Steve Jones' SELECT QUOTENAME(@s, '>')What is returned? See possible answers