Data Growth
Today Steve Jones talks about the pace of data growth looking to outpace the IT budget changes. As data professionals, we need to learn to do more with less.
2012-03-21
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Editorials
Attracting Talent
How can a company attract talent? First, be a good company to work for, and then be real.
2012-03-20
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Disconnected database development: solving a problem that needn't exist
A disconnected model is only really needed in the absence of a properly-defined database interface. We, as developers, create a rod for our own backs by insisting on treating a database in a way we wouldn't treat an object, let alone an assembly or namespace.
2012-03-19
141 reads
Tabs or Spaces
Today Steve Jones talks about one of the classic software developer debates. When formatting code, how should you do it?
2012-03-19
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Waiting for SP1
This Friday Steve Jones wants to ask a poll about SQL Server 2012. Do you think it's ready for your production servers?
2012-03-16
168 reads
Was This Week A Good Week?
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren as Steve is on vacation. Was this a good week for you? How do you know? Do you have a definition that helps you determine if it was a good week? Today Andy Warren talks about how we view our jobs.
2012-03-15
140 reads
An Azure Outage
Recently the Azure service had an outage and Steve Jones has a few comments on this and why it might not be worse than your own company's IT group.
2012-03-14
167 reads
The Consistency Debate
Steve Jones wonders today if data professionals get a little too hung up on the consistency issues between servers.
2012-03-13
156 reads
SQL Server 2012 RTMs
This past week the big news in the SQL Server space was the release to manufacturing of SQL Server 2012.
2012-03-12
389 reads
Old, but stable
This Friday Steve Jones wants to know about the older versions you are running in your production environments. Are you still using SQL Server 2000?
2012-03-09
183 reads
Blogs
PostgreSQL: Diagnosing and Fixing a Sequential Scan with No Filter Predicate
A sequential scan is not always a problem — PostgreSQL's planner often chooses one...
Giving AI Agents Visibility Into SQL Server with MCP
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it actually takes to make an...
The Book of Redgate: Profits
By Steve Jones
Redgate is a for-profit company. We look to make money by building and selling...
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