I don't feel guilty for being part of the technological forces which cause shifts, but I feel a tremendous anger towards those who exploit it with their greed and lies....

I'm one of two people at place of employment that has even the slightest knowledge of encryption, certificates and PKI. That's sad since it should be a elementry concept in...

I've yet to met a developer outside of Microsoft that is excited about Windows 8.

We are currently living in a...

Unless you are willing to dedicate the resources, performance in cross platform data applications will not be optimized. Which is fine if it's a trival app, but can become a...

I believe the main problem is...

I find that SciFi Movies are very pale shadows of quality SciFi novels. Add the additional costs and hassles of going to an actual movie, we have other plans...

I so often see people working in IT fail to take advantage of all the tools we have to automate much of their jobs. They often tell me if they...

If management makes security a priority and makes sure there are proper resources and training in place, then applications and systems would be more secure.

As developer, I have X...

Acconding to some of the local gurus, having Extended Events in XML makes it harder to build automation and parsing scripts, since you never know exactly what "fields" you need...

If I want to use a recent version of SQL Server in production, I'll have to change companies. I have more up-to-date hardware and software than my employer does...:w00t:

The problem lies with management. Without their insistance and proper allocation of resources, security and education will not be a priority. Security costs $$$. Lack of security costs more. But...

Many folks wonder why I don't have a Facebook account. It's not that I would post anything questionable, it's that it's too much exposure. Do you want to be judged...

Most folks, including IT and DBAs, don't truly understand certificates and PKI. Try explaining certificates to the general user base that don't understand compression and archives. :laugh:

Steve,

I could be cynical, but the number of source/version control editiorials and articles on SQLServerCentral and SimpleTalk has increased greatly since RedGate started making SQL Source Control. The fact that...