This is an especially interesting question because since we have discovered SQL Server Central there can be no doubt that we have run into some great tools written by members...

Excellent editorial Brandie and right on the mark!

The problem really, is that data is an asset to any company and yet decades into the computer revolution most executives and managers...

The problem is that terms like "best" and "expert" are extremely relative and worse, totally subjective, and worse still, totally bound to the context of their use.

For example, and as...

SQLServerCentral is without question the best SQL Server site I have discovered anywhere on the web. The articles are always insightful and helpful, and generally the writing is superior....

Throughout the 30 plus years of my career I have listened to techies arguing the speed issue. I understand that for some businesses, this is crucial, but we should...

I have never understood what, or how people affix the term "better" to a programming language. If "better" really applied than the best programming language ever created would be...

My career in database goes back to the late 1970's when there was no SQL Server. In those days, you did 90% of your data work in loops. ...

Hmmm, very thought provoking subject matter... and very timely too.

I heard from an old co-worker a few weeks ago asking me if I knew any good FoxPro guys who...

I do presentations every year at Career Day at my kid's High School and I see two things: First, there are a lot of young girls involved in technology...

Imagine a database of valued recipes. The company that keeps this database does not want you to know what ingredients go into their product. They also do not...

I agree with you 100%, and more, this is the most talked about topic amongst our technical staff, associates of mine, and customers as well - That is of course,...

I think its been about 20 years at least since I first heard the DBA moniker and its still the most nebulous title I know of in the technology business....

Thanks for a insightful, informative primer on Azure!

With respect to you Mr. Magnabosco, I'm not sure what alternative reality you live in, but more often than not in the real world, things do not work with the...

Great article - thank you!