2014-03-19
480 reads
Editorials
Getting Started with Azure
Many people have been unsure of cloud computing and what it means for your particular application. Steve Jones notes there's a great new demo that can help you get started exploring the Azure offerings.
2014-03-17
188 reads
How Many Passwords?
How many passwords do you have? Steve Jones has a lot and while he notes there are some new ways for us to authorize ourselves for servers, they aren't necessarily making things more secure or less complex.
2014-03-17
148 reads
Squeezing the DBA
What do you do as a DBA if you get asked to cook the books? With the economy doing poorly, some executives will be tempted to mis-report earnings and they might ask the technical people to help. Steve Jones has a few thoughts.
2014-03-14 (first published: 2009-09-03)
355 reads
#sqlhelp
The #sqlhelp hashtag on Twitter is a great way to interact with the SQL Server community and get help.
2014-03-13
260 reads
A True SQL OS
SQL Server is so large and complex that it's like an operating system. In fact, there the core engine is often referred to as the "SQL OS" by Microsoft developers. Steve Jones would like to see SQL Server as it's own OS at some point.
2014-03-12 (first published: 2009-08-26)
554 reads
Developers, developers, developers
A survey of developers on Stack Overflow has some interesting results that Steve Jones notes. Some of them might just impact our careers as data professionals.
2014-03-11
309 reads
An Integrated Process for Software Delivery.
Developers, enamored of the integrated approach to Software Delivery, would like to be able to respond to business need in business time, adding functionality when the need is recognized, instead of 6-9 months later after it's gone through the sclerotic IT purchasing and configuration process.
2014-03-10
98 reads
Continuous Delivery
The practice of continuous software development is growing, with continuous integration, deployment, and delivery being topics that Steve Jones is learning about. Today he talks about delivery.
2014-03-10
176 reads
Mini-Me
This Friday Steve Jones asks if you build your own mini-me's to help you manage your database systems.
2014-03-07 (first published: 2008-11-21)
601 reads
Blogs
Speeding Up Patching – Beyond Patch Delivery
By Brian Kelley
I wear many hats in technology, and one of those is as a (cyber)security...
Monday Monitor Tips: Query Recommendations
By Steve Jones
We keep adding stuff to Redgate Monitor, and it’s easy to miss some of...
A Pursuit of Lifelong Learning
By Brian Kelley
The following came across my YouTube feed today. It’s an interview with General James...
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