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  • RE: Propose this to your boss

    This all depends on what "mode" your company is in on a daily basis. If they are in what I like to call "fire hose" mode then the boss is...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

    December 15, 2011 at 10:16 am

    #1422088

  • RE: Does the Role of the DBA Need to Evolve?

    Evil Kraig F (12/12/2011)

    GSquared (12/12/2011)

    You're probably thinking of the (much later) Feudal-period "bards". Same job title, but more entertainer than keeper of lore. That's a post-literate development. ...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

    December 13, 2011 at 12:08 pm

    #1420810

  • RE: Does the Role of the DBA Need to Evolve?

    Analyzing business data versus administering it tends to fall under the "Business Intelligence" umbrella in most shops with BA's that specialize in exactly that kind of "slicing and dicing" of...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

    December 12, 2011 at 1:08 pm

    #1420231

  • RE: Encryption Works

    Good point, encrypting your hard disk is not going to prevent someone from stealing your entire laptop out of your car. 😀

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

    December 12, 2011 at 12:59 pm

    #1420225

  • RE: The Employment Contract

    I'll do anything short of moving heavy furniture,boxes, or machines around. I have a bad back and I stated that when I started. That is what Facilities Management is for...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

    December 9, 2011 at 11:04 am

    #1419547

  • RE: Not having TDE in all editions is stupid

    Elliott Whitlow (12/7/2011)

    TravisDBA (12/7/2011)

    I think we are talking about two different things here. I am referring to the ability for someone to take sensitive databases offsite either in pieces or...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

    December 7, 2011 at 3:32 pm

    #1418402

  • RE: Not having TDE in all editions is stupid

    Elliott Whitlow (12/7/2011)

    TravisDBA (12/7/2011)

    Not exactly accurate. With the advent of people's medical/psychological historical data becoming more and more sensitive every day, I can think of virtually thousands of databases across...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

    December 7, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    #1418384

  • RE: Not having TDE in all editions is stupid

    Elliott Whitlow (12/7/2011)

    And perhaps my views on encryption color this view. I view TDE as overkill in 99.999% of the cases it is used for. In most databases...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

    December 7, 2011 at 11:21 am

    #1418311

  • RE: Not having TDE in all editions is stupid

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/5/2011)

    OCTom (12/5/2011)

    I think the stupid decision is to put senstitive information on mobile devices and media. That data needs to be siloed and protected

    You're missing...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

    December 6, 2011 at 11:56 am

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  • RE: Are You Easy To Work With?

    Lack of an arrogant, condescending, self serving attitude goes along way to being "easy to work with". Technical skills are crucial, but so can developing the "softer skills" as well,...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

    November 28, 2011 at 12:15 pm

    #1413603

  • RE: Stress – It’s Not Fair

    WolforthJ (11/28/2011)

    The chart went up in the break room, so everyone saw it when a project was behind and knew which team caused it. After a while we didn't...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

    November 28, 2011 at 11:06 am

    #1413573

  • RE: Stress – It’s Not Fair

    Great article Andy! I am also reminded of great saying in our business that I use all the time to throw the stress back into their (BA's and PM's) court....

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

    November 28, 2011 at 8:17 am

    #1413467

  • RE: First Impressions

    djackson 22568 (11/11/2011)

    First impressions are almost always wrong.

    Not always.:-D

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

    November 14, 2011 at 1:08 pm

    #1407497

  • RE: Never offend a captive audience

    Ian Elliott (11/7/2011)

    Things like the use of profanity are more down to the culture/upbringing/personality of the individual and should be left as such.

    One of the smartest things I have heard...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

    November 9, 2011 at 1:38 pm

    #1405452

  • RE: Employee Slurping

    Eric M Russell (10/28/2011)

    IceDread (10/28/2011)

    Even with the perfect security system there is always ways around it. Social engineering, bribery, threats. Someone wants to know something and perhaps you as DBA...

    "Technology is a weird thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ...:-D"

    November 4, 2011 at 12:11 pm

    #1403437

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