The Build Buy Debate
Does it make more sense for a company to build it's own software or buy a package?
2012-10-04 (first published: 2007-10-23)
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Editorial
2007-10-22
77 reads
You're Gonna Dunk One Day
A look at some of the more interesting stories from a database perspective.
2007-10-22
54 reads
A Matter of Degree
So we had an interesting debate on college degrees and how much weight to give them in an interview recently. Near the end someone mentioned they were curious what types of degrees people had as well as those the worked with. There were some interesting comments, and I decided that this might make a nice Friday poll.
2007-10-19
122 reads
Working with PASS
I joined PASS in 1999 and attended the inaugural Summit in Chicago. It was in the lower level of a hotel just on the river, I went to the last White Sox game of the year, and got to see Kalen Delaney speak about this newly released SQL Server 7.
2007-10-18
46 reads
An Hour in Time
Daylight Savings time switches a little later this year. In fact it's November 4th this year, after having been in October for all of my life. In case you don't remember which way we move the clocks, here's a saying: Spring forward, fall back.
2007-10-17
216 reads
The College Experience
We published an article about how one DBA goes about hiring new DBAs and in the discussion that followed there was something that caught my eye. There were a few comment talked about how college degrees don't necessarily mean anything.
2007-10-16
382 reads
The Pay Jump
Workers Rarely Jump Ship Over Pay Alone is an article that I saw awhile back and saved. It is 100% true and should be required reading by every C-level knucklehead and MBA student.
2007-10-15
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2007-10-15
60 reads
Fun with Computers
The whole entertainment aspect of computing is growing tremendously and we're slowly seeing a convergence in our living rooms of computing capabilites along with entertainment. From rocker chairs with speakers to TiVo-type devices, the Nokia Internet Tablet, and XBOX 360s and Playstations that can enhance our movies.
2007-10-12
89 reads
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Question of the Day
Read Only Replica in SQL Server Standard
Our environment runs using SQL Server Standard. We are implementing Availability groups. Our database has been experiencing high read volumes, so I want to let the application read the Synchronized Secondary replica, as I read that HADR does this. Can we implement this?
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