Infographics
Today Steve Jones has a poll that asks about the visualizations or infographics that you find to be most effective.
2013-12-20
145 reads
Editorials
The Challenge of Time Off
It can be a challenge for some people to get away from work. Today Steve Jones gives you some of his advice.
2013-12-19
138 reads
Slicing and Dicing
There can be a lot more value when pieces of data are put together than when they exist separately. Steve Jones comments on a few ways people are repackaging information in the modern world.
2013-12-18 (first published: 2009-08-12)
395 reads
Encrypt Everything
Yahoo recently announced they are encrypting their traffic between data centers. Steve Jones thinks we should encrypt all traffic.
2013-12-16
408 reads
Regrets of the Last Decade
After Steve Ballmer shares some of his thoughts on his time as CEO, Steve Jones decided to give a few of his own thoughts.
2013-12-16
199 reads
2013-12-13
162 reads
PVPs
Today Steve Jones talks about those PVPs, private virtual properties, that your company may own. There are challenges with maintaining these items that show the technology field's immaturity.
2013-12-12
80 reads
What Counts as Work - in Software Development
Bill explores the consequences of people not seeing the value in doing things that are crucial to the success of projects.
2013-12-11
551 reads
The 2013 Tribal Awards
The inaugural 2013 Tribal Awards kick off today and Steve Jones has a few thoughts.
2013-12-09
120 reads
What is a Database Administrator today?
Today we have a guest editorial from Jim Youmans that asks "what does it mean to be a DBA today?"
2013-12-06
407 reads
Blogs
Automatic Index Compaction
By ReviewMyDB
Index maintenance has always meant nightly jobs and a window you have to defend....
Monday Monitor Tips: Virtual Machine Usage and Cost
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve been requesting for a number of years is cost...
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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SQL Server Still Wins
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits I
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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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