Upgrading Your Career
Certification is on Steve Jones' mind this week after quite a few training opportunities have popped up lately.
2012-02-13
283 reads
Editorials
Encryption in Production
This Friday Steve Jones wants to know if you are using encryption in your production system and if so, how is it working? Can you handle DR situations?
2012-02-10
273 reads
API Changes
Steve Jones comments on predictions that we will see new types of APIs coming in the future, especially data APIs.
2012-02-09
135 reads
Going Solo
This editorial was originally published on Mar 20, 2007. It is being republished as Steve Jones is on vacation. Today Steve Jones talks about going into business for yourself, and reminding you it's not as simple as it might seem.
2012-02-08
159 reads
Feedback and Big Data
Continuous improvement comes from measurement, analysis, and changes. Steve Jones talks about how we should be doing that with our data collection, analysis, and storage.
2012-02-07
120 reads
Insider Security Threats
The biggest security threat always seems to come from insiders and today Steve Jones talks about the need to monitor your environment.
2012-02-06
106 reads
SQL Server 2012: Creative Thinking for a Creative New Licensing Model
It seems inevitable that many customers will end up paying more to get the same features they have today, under the new SQL Server licencing model, unless they respond to Microsoft's creativity with some of their own.
2012-02-06
252 reads
2012-02-03
239 reads
Old Dog, New Tricks
Steve Jones learns a new trick working with T-SQL, and is surprised how easy it is. He recommends you work on updating your skills over time as well.
2012-02-02
576 reads
Disk Drives in the Sky
Steve Jones talks today about storage innovations from the large cloud vendors and how that can relate to your job as a database professional.
2012-02-01
125 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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