Human frailty and the custodianship of data
Until you open the box your data is, like Schrödinger's cat, both safe and breached.
2019-11-16
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Editorials
Agile Job Descriptions
Steve ends his week of career thoughts with a look at the job descriptions that we often use to decide if we want to apply for a job.
2019-11-15
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Data Science, BI, and Reports
Business Intelligence and Data Science are linked, and complementary. As Steve notes, both can help your organization make better decisions based on data.
2019-11-14
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Micro Credentials
Today Steve talks about a new way of achieving some certification and education from Microsoft.
2019-11-13
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2019-11-11
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A Big Week for the Data Platform
Steve highlights a few items from a busy Microsoft and SQL Server news week.
2019-11-09
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The Network Bottleneck
Computer networks are critical for our work, but if they get clogged with new types of data, we might have a problem.
2019-11-08
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2019-11-07
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Predictions for PASS
Steve is missing the PASS opening keynote, but he has a few predictions for the day.
2019-11-06
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Logging Tables
Today Steve Jones looks at the need to log data from an application or process. Are there good and bad ways to design the structures to log information?
2019-11-05 (first published: 2015-09-25)
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Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Forums
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Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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