Great Service – All About Attitude
today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that talks about how attitude can influence the impression you make can have a huge impact on how your service is viewed.
2010-09-24
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Editorials
Community Direction
Steve Jones wishes that Microsoft had a way for the community to give better feedback about what we see as a priority in the next version of SQL Server.
2010-09-23
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What Do We Need in SQL Server?
Steve Jones asks us today about what we might like to see in the next few versions of SQL Server.
2010-09-22
283 reads
NoSQL Is Not Everywhere
NoSQL has been getting a lot of press in the last year, but it's not necessarily the best platform or solution for you. Steve Jones comments on NoSQL and alternative platforms.
2010-09-21
381 reads
Big Data and SQL
Today Steve Jones talks about how some companies find efficiencies by training employees to use SQL. Perhaps that's a good idea for all developers.
2010-09-20
254 reads
The Cloud is Nothing Special
This week Steve talks about cloud computing, and the fact that a lot of what the cloud does is no big deal. But it can be helpful to IT professionals.
2010-09-20
281 reads
We Are Not Alone
Today we have a guest editorial from Robert Pearl that talks about the SQL Server community, and how you can get involved.
2010-09-16
140 reads
Social Engineering Dangers
Social engineering is one of the most effective ways to hack information out of a company. Steve Jones looks at this technique and a recent contest at DefCon that featured social engineering.
2010-09-15
166 reads
More Than SQL
Today Steve Jones talks about the upcoming SQL Saturday #52 in Colorado, and how it's encompassing more than just a day of SQL learning.
2010-09-14
95 reads
Getting Fired from an Unpaid Job.
Phil Factor initially brooded about being fired from a job he was just doing unpaid to help out. Then he suddenly realized that they were probably right.
2010-09-13
347 reads
Blogs
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
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If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
Designing a Storage Load Test for SQL Server
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How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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