The Database Weekly Update for July 14, 2008
Steve Jones talks about data mining in the drug industry and the advantages of cheap software.
2008-07-14
43 reads
Editorial
DIY
For this Friday, Steve Jones has a poll about life outside of work and how much you tinker with things.
2008-07-11
113 reads
The Value of an MBA in IT
Do you have an MBA? If so, has it helped you? Is it worth getting one for someone in IT? Ted Pin comments.
2008-07-10
630 reads
What's an MVP?
What does it mean to be an MVP for Microsoft? Steve Jones talks about what the award is and what it means to get the award.
2008-07-09
347 reads
Land Mines
Security can be a hassle, but Steve Jones talks about why we sometimes put up with the difficulties of implementing strong security.
2008-07-08
112 reads
Enough is Enough
When do you decide that enough is enough? When does it make sense to let some bugs go and fix them later? Steve Jones comments on the decisions you sometimes make.
2008-07-07
157 reads
The Database Weekly Update for July 7, 2008
Intel is moving in the direction of more and more cores on a single CPU, so what does that mean for programmers?
2008-07-07
43 reads
Happy 4th of July
A blooper collection of mistakes and errors from a variety of editorials on this holiday weekend.
2008-07-04
258 reads
2008-07-03
210 reads
Driving Value
Does your IT organization bring value to your company? Steve Jones takes a look at some of the ways you can do this. This editorial was originally published on July 2, 2008. It is being re-published as Steve is at SQL Intersection.
2013-04-09 (first published: 2008-07-02)
161 reads
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