Does the Role of the DBA Need to Evolve?
With the amount of data being stored expanding exponentially, does the role of the DBA need to change from caretaker to interpreter?
2011-12-12
260 reads
Editorials
Encryption Works
Encryption is supposed to protect data, and it appears to be working as police and authorities are often stymied by encrypted disks. Steve Jones recommends you encrypt your disks on all your machines.
2011-12-12
357 reads
The Employment Contract
This Friday Steve Jones wants to know if you'd like to have an employment contract of some sort. Do you want your duties, or maybe exlcusions, explicitly spelled out in an agreement?
2011-12-09
163 reads
Not So Unbreakable
Oracle touted its database software as unbreakable, but many security researchers think the company is not spending enough effort on security. Steve Jones has a few comments.
2011-12-08
123 reads
Sharing Your Database Server
Is is time to consider sharing your database server with other applications? Steve Jones thinks with today's powerful servers and changes to licensing, this might make sense.
2011-12-07
155 reads
Layers of Security
A good security scheme will contain many layers. Today Steve Jones talks about one of those: good habits.
2011-12-06
177 reads
Not having TDE in all editions is stupid
Transparent Data Encryption is only available in Enterprise Edition and above. Steve Jones thinks that's a mistake.
2011-12-05
114 reads
A Welcome Intruder
This Friday Steve Jones asked about penetration testing of your security. Have any of you ever tested your systems?
2011-12-02
115 reads
Fast Migrations
Virtualization is an important technology for anyone working with servers, and as vendors look to improve the performance of their hypervisors, this technology might be more important for data professionals to understand.
2011-12-01
127 reads
A Refreshing Break
Steve Jones talks about his recent vacation break and one change that made it a huge success.
2011-11-30
118 reads
Blogs
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
Forums
SSMS 22 Latest Update Crashing
Hi all, I've just had to roll back my SSMS 22 version from 22.3.0,...
Transactional Replication setup issue
Hi! I've been banging my head against the wall for 2 days now trying...
The Power of Data and Privacy
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Power of Data and...
Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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