Becoming a Google Earth
Continuing on with a "Week in the Clouds", today Steve Jones discusses some of the challenges of cloud computing.
2009-04-15
548 reads
Editorial
Shapes in the Clouds
Continuing on with his week in the clouds, Steve Jones looks at how SQL Server might appear in the cloud world.
2009-04-14
284 reads
The Cloud of Destiny
Is SQL Server going to move to the "cloud?" Steve Jones thinks it is and has a few thoughts as he starts off with "cloud week" here at SQLServerCentral.
2013-10-15 (first published: 2009-04-13)
596 reads
Service Pack 1 - Database Weekly (Apr 13, 2009)
This past week saw the release of Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2008, and some interesting changes with it. Steve Jones comments.
2009-04-13
268 reads
Encrypting SQL Code
This Friday's poll looks at the encryption options for your code in SQL Server. Steve Jones asks if there is a benefit for these routines.
2013-11-04 (first published: 2009-04-10)
636 reads
Ruthless
Managing your time is a skill that is important in your career. Steve Jones talks a little today about why you might want to develop this skill.
2009-04-09
137 reads
Falling Over our Assumptions
There's a saying about what it says about a person to assume something. However it's something we all do every day. Phil Factor brings us a guest editorial about assumptions in SQL code.
2020-06-25 (first published: 2009-04-08)
837 reads
Managing Risk
Evaluating risk is something we do every day. Steve Jones talks a bit about using this to make ourselves better.
2009-04-07
110 reads
The Disappearing DBA
During a "difficult period", a developer often sinks from view. When things are going well, suddenly they are the gunslinger, the hotshot. The DBA often looks on wistfully. For him, the "fame trajectory" seems to work in reverse.
2009-04-06
1,135 reads
Manners
In dealing with other professionals, you would like to think most people have good manners. Steve Jones looks to remind us this should apply on the Internet as well.
2013-10-10 (first published: 2009-04-06)
350 reads
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