Do You Want a Meritocracy at Work?
The best at their crafts are usually the most rewarded in sports, but not necessarily in other fields. This week Steve Jones asks if you would like it to be different?
2013-06-14
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Editorials
Data Vision
Computer vision has been something that researchers have worked on for years. We have no shortage of cameras, and we are starting to see the computing systems behind these devices starting to actually understand what is being seen. That understanding is very valuable. Will we see something similar happening in our SQL Server technologies?
2013-06-12
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The Watson Service
IBM's Watson project continues to grow and the latest implementation might be one that affects many of us in our daily lives.
2013-06-11
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No R2
The next version of SQL Server was announced last week and Steve Jones is pleased with the name.
2013-06-10
311 reads
When Windows don’t provide illumination
Microsoft through its various GUIs tries hard to "protect" users from SQL, but Phil Factor argues that we don't need protection from code. We just need a better way to "document" the syntax.
2013-06-10
150 reads
The Decision to Fail
When a disaster occurs, the response from your organization isn't always pre-determined. There are times when you might not want to failover to secondary systems, especially if you don't expect the disaster to last long. How do you decide when to fail over?
2013-06-07
122 reads
Quickly Copy Data
Moving data around can be a challenge as the sizes of our databases grow. Steve Jones talks about some of the challenges and some creative ways you might consider moving data.
2013-06-06
292 reads
Fear Fear
Do you let your fear drive you in how you work with technology? Steve Jones thinks you should be cautious, but not paralyzed.
2013-06-05
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2013-06-04
160 reads
How Do We Learn?
With a huge increase in the number of online learning frameworks, Dave Convery wonders how comfortable people are with this new way of polishing their skills.
2013-06-03
221 reads
Blogs
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.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
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