Hooks
Building hooks from your software into enterprise monitoring systems is prudent, and might save you from a few late night phone calls.
2014-08-29
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Editorials
Reverse Engineering Disasters
Preparing a disaster recovery plan means more than just trying to prevent a few specific disasters. It means turning around the way you view the world.
2014-08-28
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Smooth Database Deployment at SQL in the City 2014
SQL in the City is coming this fall to London and Seattle.
2014-08-26
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Testing is Your Best Investment
One of the things that can make a big difference in how well your software performs is testing.
2014-08-25
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The Flash Database
What is the impact of flash storage on databases? There are quite a few, but this week Steve Jones asks if SQL Server should do more to take advantage of them.
2014-08-25
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Yet Another Attack Vector
The lack of progress in amending our laws to handle the digital revolution in our leaves may leave us open to unexpected attacks.
2014-08-20
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Disconnecting Auditing
Currently we have system administrators responsible for securing our systems, including the auditing capabilities. However that's not the best way to ensure that we can protect our systems.
2014-08-18
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The Next Generation
Steve Jones wonders about the next generations of IT workers. Can we encourage more people to enter this field? With the supposed shortages of talent today and the poor reputation of IT positions, can we change the trend of fewer people entering IT?
2014-08-15
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How Much for a Laugh?
How much would you pay for a laugh? Maybe you'll donate to ensure that some of your SQL Server speakers will embarrass themselves at the PASS Summit.
2014-08-14
253 reads
One System to Rule Them All
Can a single piece of software work well for most situations? Steve Jones wonders if we're not attacking the problems of large software applications in the right way.
2014-08-13
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Blogs
Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation
By HeyMo0sh
Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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