Building Your Brand at Work?
This Friday's poll asks how much you can help yourself while working at your job? Can you build your own brand at work?
2009-07-17
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Editorials
Advice for the Unemployed
Everyone has an opinion on the best advice to give an IT person who is unemployed and wants to get back into paid work. Phil Factor outlines what he would advise.
2009-07-16
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Corporate Hackers
A report says that most of the data lost in corporations is from employees. What can be done about it? Steve Jones thinks we still have work to do in this area.
2009-07-14
95 reads
No Google
Recently Google was unavailable for a good part of one day. Steve Jones felt the impact and thinks this could slow the adoption of cloud computing.
2009-07-13
469 reads
The Worst Advice
We all try to help others with advice, but sometimes we end up doing damage. Steve Jones asks for the worst advice you see given in this Friday poll.
2009-07-10
247 reads
Turning Over Passwords
Would you disclose the password for your online sites to get a job? That was required of applicants in Bozeman, MT until recently. Steve Jones is stunned by this.
2009-07-09
268 reads
Administering Securely
A common request is how can you secure SQL Server data and prevent the system administrator from viewing data. Steve Jones talks a little about the issue and how you can handle it.
2009-07-08
234 reads
Music for DBAs
Tony Davis explains his theory on why developers and DBAs listen to very different types of music, while working, and offers his list of "classic tracks" for all DBAs.
2009-07-07
327 reads
Recharged on the 4th of July
After a week of vacation, Steve Jones feels recharged and ready to head back to work. Today we celebrate the holiday with a blooper reel.
2009-07-06
59 reads
The Busman's Holiday
It's a holiday weekend, but for some DBA's it's hard to escape the unwanted clutches of IT...
2009-07-06
84 reads
Blogs
Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running
By Steve Jones
If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
Rambling about Data on Wheels – origins, branding, expansion
By DataOnWheels
I have been asked many times about how the name “Data on Wheels” came...
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits III
On SQL Server 2025, does DBCC CHECKDB support Memory-Optimized tables?
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