Regulators, Mount Up
If you are bound by HIPAA regulations, you may have more auditing in your future. If you're not, perhaps you should still pay attention to the criteria being used for auditing.
2012-11-28
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Editorial
Targeted Learning
Today Steve Jones says your learning should have a plan. He uses an example from a recent conference where one motivated attendee came with a plan.
2012-11-27
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Review Your Indexing
Today Steve Jones reminds us that we should analyze and re-evalute our indexing strategy on a regular basis.
2012-11-26
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Password Insecurities
Tony Davis argues that the Standards and best practices exist to avoid being hacked, but implementing them requires time and investment and often there simply doesn't seem to be the will to do it.
2012-11-26
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The SQL Server Pro Awards
Phil Factor is pleasantly surprised by the SQL Server Pro awards, and talks about the thinking behind Down Tools Week.
2012-11-23
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2012-11-22
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The Small Print
In today's guest editorial, Phil Factor issues a stark warning against cunning salesmen and hidden costs in cloud computing.
2012-11-21
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A Tool for the Job
Phil Factor is puzzled by reading how difficult a relatrional database is to use for certain tasks.
2012-11-20
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SSD Lifetimes
This week Steve Jones looks at the expected lifetimes of SSDs and finds one that might be a nice upgrade for your system.
2012-11-19
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The Cost of Storage
As DBAs we constantly need more storage, but do we know what the impact or cost of this storage is to our employers? Answer this week's poll.
2012-11-16
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Blogs
A New Word: Gnossienne
By Steve Jones
gnossienne– n. the awareness that someone you’ve known for years still has a private...
Exploring DiskANN: Part I: Understanding the Algorithm before the disk
How I used AI for this postChatGPT to generate images based on info specifically...
Learning Tool – Deepstash
By Brian Kelley
A few months ago I started using Deepstash. Deepstash breaks books into the key...
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The Data API Builder MCP Server Tools
The Data API Builder MCP Server, v2.x, includes a number of tools. What actions can these tools perform in your database?
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