Back in the SQL2000 days replication would retry 3 times if it failed and on each attempt it would provide the DBA with an alert. Then it would give...

What about full text search. It could have been good but the Solr/ElasticSearch horse has well and truly bolted.

It seems to have turned into Always-on availability groups.

Back in the C19th they didn't care about clean water and drainage. In fact Joseph Bazellgette was lampooned for suggesting that London needed such things.

Amazing what rampant Cholera and...

I've heard of one place where they were toying with the idea of getting rid of all IT job titles. It was one of those ultimate agile shops where...

And where does Edward Snowden fit into this piece?

My 18 year old went to Iceland, my 13 year old is in Scotland helping with a heritage steam train tour, my middle son is.....somewhere else. First time since...

+1

I see people using data...

I never thought of the possibility that managers might hire contractors to do something that requires a skill that no one in house has, rather than training their staff to...

I've generally attended SQL Bits on my own efforts and various technology meet ups similarly.

In latter years I've been able to get funding for attending SQL Bits because I made...

Andrew, you are working for a company whose practises are unsustainable.

What happens if you go under a bus? Heaven forbid you have a stroke or worst still something happens...

Formal cleaning of the kitchen is best left to cleaning staff.

Keeping the kitchen area in a reasonable state, not leaving things festering in the sink etc is just basic decency...

Good point.

Back in the days of SQL Server 6.5 certification was 2 exams. Administration and Develeopment.

Since then SQL Server itself has expanded to encompass SSAS, SSRS, SSIS, Column stores,...

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We've moved to the point where everything developed in the past 12 months is deployed using Puppet and Vagrant. You trigger a build and a pre-configured system materialises either...