A Virtual Database World
Steve Jones talks about virtualization with databases, but not in the way you might think.
2008-10-23
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Editorial
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Agile, or maybe even hyper-agile. Steve Jones talks about some challenges in the web 2.0 world.
2008-10-22
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Data Ownership
Sometimes determining who owns the data or information isn't that easy. Steve Jones has an example from the US election in 2008.
2008-10-21
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Who Wants to Be Rich?
With all the concern over the economy lately, Steve Jones talks about about finances and tries to bring perspective to those of us in the real world.
2013-08-15 (first published: 2008-10-20)
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Enough - Database Weekly (Oct. 20, 2008)
The loss of data is getting ridiculous. Steve Jones wants companies and government to do something about it.
2008-10-20
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The Financial Crisis
With the economy slowing the the world facing a financial crisis, Steve Jones polls the man on the street this Friday.
2008-10-17
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Moving to the Heartland
With companies like Microsoft and Google building data centers in small towns, Steve Jones has some comments about how this might affect IT jobs.
2013-07-24 (first published: 2008-10-16)
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Big and Small
A great company will be big enough and small enough. Steve Jones talks about finding that balance.
2008-10-15
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Too Good at Data Analysis
Can you be too good at analyzing data? An interesting story from the financial markets.
2008-10-14
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Data Farming
Another spy story involving data that's not true, and perhaps not plausible, but it makes Steve Jones think about data shadows.
2013-07-25 (first published: 2008-10-13)
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