Data Analysis Without a Server
The ability to analyze lots of data on a workstation can be a way to test things without overloading server systems until you are sure your code works.
2020-08-25
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Hardware
2020-08-12
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2020-07-25
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Better Laptop Life
Intel is building hybrid processors, combining the power of the regular CPUs most of us use with Atom power saving technology.
2020-07-08
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Secure Enclave Concerns
A new security flaw in Intel SGX is found by researchers. This may or may not be a problem, but you should be aware.
2020-03-14
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Better Protection from Hardware
Today Steve looks at a research project from Microsoft that provides some better protection from firmware security issues.
2019-12-17
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2019-10-18
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Grounded
Some laptops are being banned from flights. This could be a hassle, but more, how can anyone tell if you have a banned one?
2019-08-29
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Lots of data in RAM
I remember buying my first computer after college. At the time I was working part time and in graduate studies part time. My aging high school era Apple II wasn't capable of handling the load, not to mention its 300baud modem wasn't a lot of fun. I could likely have gotten a faster modem with […]
2019-08-17
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Changing Hardware
AMD has new chips coming out and Glenn Berry changes his recommendation against using AMD in SQL Servers.
2019-07-20
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Blogs
PASS Virtual Summit 2020 Conference Sessions
By kleegeek
Whether you are a SQL Server Database Administrator or Infrastructure Architect, you should be...
Running Express Edition in a Container–#SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for...
How SQL Server stores data types: sql_variant
This post looks at a curious data type that isn’t really a data type....
Forums
Making 1 row from 2
I'm struggling a bit here. It seems easy, but I 'm not getting it....
PowerShell command to Run SQL file Fails asking for a variable
Good morning team, I can run a .sql file that contains a SQLCMD command,...
Move file to Archive after copy and delete the files
Hi All, I have a data pipeline to get the files from an SFTP...
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