The Best Laptop
Steve Jones recently went on a search for a new laptop, looking for the "best" one for him. But what it the best? And is it worth pursuing?
2010-02-10
518 reads
Editorials
An Administrative Security Hole?
Is it a problem for SQL Server to have a backdoor that lets a Windows Administrator connect as a sysadmin? Steve Jones thinks so and gives a reason why this might be a problem.
2010-02-09
208 reads
Democratizing the Microsoft MVP Award
Tony Davis believes that it's time for a little more openness and democracy in the MVP award. In short, it's time to introduce community voting.
2010-02-08
142 reads
Measures and Rules
Today we have a guest editorial from Grant Fritchey that discusses the idea of rules based on certain types of measurements. Are they worth following? Or do we need to develop our own measures.
2010-02-08
378 reads
What Do You Include in Your Database Maintenance Plans?
A guest editorial from Brad McGeHee today talks about maintenance plans and his new book.
2010-02-04
582 reads
Too Good to be True? The Story Behind SQL Search
A guest editorial today from Simon Galbraith, founder of Red Gate Software talking about SQL Search, a new product that was developed in an interesting way.
2010-02-03
352 reads
Coding By The Sea
An interesting experiment at Red Gate, Coding By the Sea, produced results, and Steve Jones thinks this could be a great idea for other companies.
2010-02-02
167 reads
Get In a Line
Steve Jones talks a little about disk alignment for your SQL Server instances. This is something that you might to check on your systems and see if you can improve performance.
2010-02-01
144 reads
Keeping It All In Memory
With the release of an in-memory database from Sybase, is it time for SQL Server to join the fray?
2010-02-01
326 reads
Rotating Keys
This Friday's poll deals with security. Steve Jones asks how often you might rotate those encryption keys to ensure that your systems are secure.
2010-01-29
154 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
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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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