2010-12-24
100 reads
Editorials
Call in the Experts
Today we have an editorial from Feb 1, 2006 that is being reprinted as Steve Jones is on vacation. Steve talks about the need to call in a friend to check on the performance of the SQLServerCentral servers.
2010-12-23
91 reads
Calling Out Bad Advice
Today we have a guest editorial from Tim Mitchell that asks how we should handle bad advice given on the Internet.
2010-12-22
540 reads
64 bit
Today we have a guest editorial from November 26, 2005. Steve Jones talks about the transition to 64 bit architectures.
2010-12-21
173 reads
The Institute for Backup Trauma
Today we have an editorial reprinted from April 27, 2005. Steve Jones is on vacation, so we are reprinting this look at backup strategies and media.
2010-12-20
224 reads
The Twelve Days of SQL
As we approach the holidays, Steve Jones talks about the latest blog theme, and how nice it is to see these types of things from the community.
2010-12-20
175 reads
Under Appreciated Features
This Friday we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that asks about those features in SQL Serve that you find very useful, but perhaps aren't as well known.
2010-12-17
594 reads
Hyper-V Guests
To what extent should a hypervisor company support other software? Will this have implications for cloud computing, or services used in software? Steve Jones comments.
2010-12-16
76 reads
We Are Not a Meritocracy
Today Steve Jones reminds us that talent and technical skills are not necessarily enough to advance your career and that you ought to remember to work on other types of skills that you may want to improve.
2010-12-15
214 reads
The Low End
Today Steve Jones talks about those products we consider "low-end." Products like Access or VB. Are they a problem for us?
2010-12-14
176 reads
Blogs
Enterprise AI Operating Rhythm – Top 5 practices for 2026
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Stop Being Surprised by Your Azure Bill: Use Budgets
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When organizations migrate workloads to Azure, the focus is usually on architecture, performance, and...
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
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Question of the Day
The Max PK Length
If I create a multiple column Primary Key constraint, what is the most number of bytes I can include in the constraint?
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