Data Worms
Worms have been around a long time in computer systems. However changes in the global policies of governments and the possible retaliation for cyber warfare should have DBAs concerned.
2012-09-20
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Editorials
2012-09-19
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Compress Everything
Data grows constantly and the size of some of our databases seems to have no end in sight. Steve Jones notes that we might just want to compress everything, just to keep up.
2012-09-18
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Three Rules for Database Development
Today Steve Jones talks about a series of rules he found for database development.
2012-09-17
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A Quick Count
This Friday Steve Jones wants to know if your career is also helping your wardrobe. (This editorial was originally published on Aug 23, 2007. It is being re-run as Steve is on vacation.)
2012-09-14
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More CPU Means More Data
Faster CPUs allow us to perform more complex modeling and analysis of variables, and hopefully come up with better decisions. However that more complex analysis means more data.
2012-09-13
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Creativity
What if you could stop all work for a month and have people find ways to improve the business? Would you take the chance?
2012-09-12
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Mining and Algorithms
The algorithms that you use to query or mine data are very important. Amazon knows their recommendations algorithms are important. Do you know what's important in your job?
2012-09-11
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A Cloudy Future
The future of employment in the technology industry means learning to do more with less.
2012-09-10
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Document First, Code Later
Phil Factor on the many advantages of building the code from the documentation. For one, it forces us to learn the language and concepts of the business processes before designing the schema.
2012-09-10
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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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