The DBA of the Future
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that talks about what DBAs might need to know in the future.
2011-04-14
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Editorials
PAAS
Platform as a service, a new way of looking at applications. It's analogous to SAAS and IAAS, which can improve the efficiency of the software purchase or the hardware acquisition process. Steve Jones notes that this is something he'd like to see for database platforms.
2011-04-13
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Smart Energy Doesn't Seem So Smart
Quite a few utility companies and energy producers have ha data breeches in the last year, yet most of them don't have good tools to detect the intrusions or the support of executive management. Steve Jones talks about this being a problem in many companies.
2011-04-11
86 reads
SQL Injection Everywhere
Steve Jones talks about the possibility of SQL Injection, or other security issues from malformed input, affecting our lives in new and annoying ways.
2011-04-11
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The Standard Edition Wish List
This Friday Steve Jones asks what you would like to see in Standard Edition. Is there one feature that would make a big difference to you?
2011-04-08
121 reads
Social Networking Prowess
If the future of out IT works involves more ad hoc, swarming project teams, are you prepared? Steve Jones talks about social networking being something you might consider as a way to build some skills to work with others in a less formal way.
2011-04-07
101 reads
You Don't Know Enough
We never know enough ourselves to be sure that we have completely thought through all the scenarios or holes in our logic. This is why it makes sense for us to have a group that spends time looking for problems.
2011-04-06
189 reads
How To Fix Connect
Today Steve Jones asks for your ideas on Microsoft's Connect. It's a good way to submit bugs and suggestions, but it seems to suffer from a scale problem. What do you think would help?
2011-04-05
150 reads
DBAs on ACID
Any DBA who has been bitten by these subtle data integrity issues, or reports that erratically produce the wrong results, will know how much careful testing is involved in mitigating them.
2011-04-04
257 reads
The Value of Data
What value can you place on data? It can be hard to determine, especially when so many sites on the Internet want data to be free. However the New York Times is going to a subscription model, with the idea that there is some value to their data and people will pay for it.
2011-04-04
100 reads
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