The February 2009 Energy Update
In this month's energy update Steve Jones takes a look at more efficient building practices to increase energy efficiency.
2009-02-26
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Editorials
Chargeback
Should IT charge other departments for the use of its resources? Is that good for the business? Steve Jones comments on what this could mean for SQL Server DBAs.
2009-02-25
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Do You Verify Your Database Backups?
Backup verification is a vital part of a well-designed database maintenance plan and yet some DBAs neglect to do it. Brad McGehee ownders why.
2009-02-24
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Instrumenting Code - Database Weekly (Feb 23, 2009)
In the Oracle world, great importance is attached to "instrumenting" your application code. However, it seems not to be an issue that is much discussed in SQL Server. Tony Davis wonders why...
2009-02-23
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Why Are There So Many Editions?
SQL Server has grown from two editions in the v6.5 days to 7 with SQL Server 2008. Why are there so many editions? Steve Jones gives his thoughts.
2009-02-23
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Too Much Data
These days more and more systems gather data all the time, but are we using that data? Steve Jones comments on the glut of information and some of the problems that creates.
2009-02-19
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Happy President's Day 2009
Steve Jones takes a break today and gives you a fun reel of mistakes and bloopers.
2009-02-16
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State Models - Database Weekly (Feb 16, 2009)
Testing software is important, and the use of state models can help. This week Steve Jones talks about a new book that exposes software testing at Microsoft.
2009-02-16
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Conservative or Risky?
What type of leadership do you want in your company? Steve Jones asks who you want to help steward you through these tough economic times.
2009-02-13
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Global Warming and Business Intelligence
What does global warming have to do with BI? Steve Jones explains.
2009-02-12
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Blogs
Lift and shift vs modernizing your data warehouse
By James Serra
If you are migrating a data warehouse, there is a question worth asking before...
Power BI Fun With Travels
By Steve Jones
I’m back from a great vacation. I had the chance to visit two new...
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
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