Concrete Code
When building a new database or system, are you designing concrete code? Should you be? Steve Jones comments on matching your needs with your architecture.
2010-04-27
192 reads
Editorials
Financial Data in the Cloud?
Phil Factor believes that there will have to be further compromises between the pioneers of The Cloud and the regulators, before companies feel safe in entrusting their financial data to such an abstract service, seemingly 'remote from sand and iron'.
2010-04-26
356 reads
Spring Cleaning
For a Friday poll this week, Steve Jones is looking at those spring cleaning or annual maintenance activities that you might perform on your systems.
2010-04-23
154 reads
What Do We Want?
Today Steve Jones talks about the challenges of deciding what to include in that next software release. Something that likely isn't as easy as we might think it should be.
2010-04-22
93 reads
Speed Racer
Speed is critical. That's the theme for today's editorial, using the NYSE as an example.
2010-04-21
137 reads
No One is Safe
A funny example of SQL Injection has Steve Jones reminding us that every application needs to protect itself.
2010-04-20
373 reads
More Support for Customers
A change in the support policy from Microsoft is a good thing, Steve Jones notes. Now you can still get help if you haven't been applying service packs.
2010-04-19
44 reads
Smart Virtualization
With so many people looking at virtualizing their environments, it's easy to assume it's easy to get done. Steve Jones, however, points out some advice from a very performance oriented company: the NYSE.
2010-04-19
425 reads
Company Rewards
Is there something that your company could do for you that would show that they valued your employment? That you were somehow important to them? Answer this Friday's poll.
2010-04-16
310 reads
2010-04-15
95 reads
Blogs
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...
Session Materials for Techorama & DataGrillen 2026
I’ve uploaded the slides for my Techorama session Microsoft Fabric for Dummies and my...
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