Consultants sometimes don't live up to their hype. To what extent should we expect them to know exactly what they're doing? This editorial was originally published on Nov 9, 2007. It is being republished as Steve is on vacation.
2012-08-08 (first published: 2007-11-09)
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Today's editorial was originally published on Feb 7, 2008. It is being re-published as Steve is on vacation.
What do you do when the interviewer is obviously wrong? Steve Jones offers a perspective.
2012-08-07 (first published: 2008-02-07)
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There are some very interesting projects being performed with cloud services. Steve Jones talks about a few and the new computing without limits claim from Google.
2012-08-02
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Today Steve Jones talks about the accidental DBA and how they can find themselves in a position where they are responsible, but not well trained. In those cases, it's up to the individual to learn, but also the manager to ensure it gets done.
2012-08-01
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One very handy item Steve Jones found as a DBA was a DBA only database on each instance. Today he asks you if you have one and if not, why not. There are good reasons to have one, and security is usually not a problem.
2012-07-31
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These days it seems there's no shortage of bad managers out there. However the bad ones do more than hurt morale, they actually can impact productivity. Steve Jones wonders why companies don't do more to fix this.
2012-07-30
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There is a rippling effect from the hack on Yahoo. Those users and passwords are being used on other sites. Steve Jones reminds us that we shouldn't be sharing passwords, and we should educate our users to do the same thing.
2012-07-30
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Great DBAs collect all kinds of metrics on their instances and let them manage themselves. However many administrators need help monitoring and interpreting the data. Today Steve Jones asks if you think this data needs extra security or is it less of an issue than other PII data.
2012-07-27
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Dropbox has grown tremendously in the last few years and Steve Jones talks about a concept of running with less headroom as a way to cope with that rapid growth. Is it something you'd be interested in with a SQL Server?
2012-07-26
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Today Steve Jones talks about how you can find a really good job. And how you can make changes in your life to get you there.
2012-07-25
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