What's Worse than Announcing a Data Breach?
Steve has a few thoughts on what is worse than telling your boss about a data breach.
2019-03-25
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Editorials
2019-03-22
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Bad Management
Bad managers are everywhere, but we can improve and help them with some ideas from other companies. That's if we, as an organization, value our staff.
2019-03-21 (first published: 2015-10-19)
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How Virtualized?
This week's poll asks about virtualization in your environment. Let us know if you are moving your SQL Server to virtual machines.
2019-03-20 (first published: 2015-05-08)
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Serious Hacking
The biggest government hack ever occurred recently. At least until the next one happens.
2019-03-19 (first published: 2015-10-20)
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Dealing with Failure
A minor disaster in Colorado reminds Steve about the need to prepare, and think about the failure points in our preparations.
2019-03-18
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The V1 Team’s Doomed Redesign
A new version of an existing application doesn't always provide an upgrade.
2019-03-18
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2019-03-15
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Badly Encrypted Databases
Database encryption is hard, and somewhat controversial. Steve thinks we ought to do a better job of it.
2019-03-13
75 reads
Dealing with Technical Debt
Technical debt can cripple software development, much like financial debt hurts individuals and organizations. Steve wants to know if you measure your debt today.
2019-03-12
109 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work
If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits I
When running DBCC CHECKDB on SQL Server 2025, can I include the Resource Database?
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