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  • RE: Don't Explain Too Much

    Too much detail dilutes management effectiveness.

    If you are a detail person and a manager then it is too easy to get sucked into detailed technical debates rather than stepping back...

  • RE: Regulators, Mount Up

    Jeff Moden (11/28/2012)


    I can't help moving furniture. I'm old and it just happens every time I have a bout with gas. 😛

    I know a story about a lady who...

  • RE: Regulators, Mount Up

    Its amazing what happens if you wave the possiblity of nuking old dead systems in front of a DBA. Their wrinkles vanish, an unfamiliar expression (happy smile) crosses there...

  • RE: Regulators, Mount Up

    Regulation is a cloud that can have a bright silver lining.

    Lets suppose that you have old systems ridden with tech debt and propped up by manual processes.

    Those powers that be...

  • RE: A Tool for the Job

    My concern regarding data quality is largely that it is absent.

    The solution compiles, tests run, the users like the UI, job done. The reporting/BI aspect is someone elses problem.

    Only...

  • RE: A Tool for the Job

    Darren Wallace (11/20/2012)


    Ultimately any task where you care more about high speed and low cost than you do about consistency is a great candidate for NoSQL.

    Anyone have a view on...

  • RE: A Tool for the Job

    Search is one of those things where you'd expect an RDBMS to be much stronger than it actually is. Any form of data repository is only as good as...

  • RE: The Cost of Storage

    Revenant (11/16/2012)


    I agree, but numbers that David quotes are at least 10 times higher than what I hear from our ops.

    Our ops guys flex the quote depending on the IO/throughput/access...

  • RE: The Cost of Storage

    Very much so.

    The cost of storage influences the following:-

    • Design of the solutions
    • Retention strategies for data
    • The disaster recovery strategy
    • What goes on what grade storage
    • Timescales for development i.e. lead team for the...

  • RE: Which OLEDB drivers are installed?

    You could try executing sys.sp_enum_oledb_providers

  • RE: A Software Warranty

    They seem to forget that if you want something real bad, you'll normally get it that way.

    I'll be using that comment a few times I think.

    I think IT...

  • RE: Unprofessional Employers

    CFO "what happens if we pay for training and they leave"?

    CTO "what happens if we don't pay and they stay"?

  • RE: The Power of Hadoop

    I've been playing with Hadoop both locally and in AWS and although a newbie to it I've had a few reality checks with it.

    Firstly, it is still in the early...

  • RE: Potential

    When I wrote The danger in hiring stars[/url] it became apparent to me that a "star" employee exists within an whole ecosystem.

    If you take the star out of that ecosystem...

  • RE: The Build Buy Debate

    Its funny looking back at a debate 5 years ago and seeing what has changed (very little). If you saw this first time around chances are your company has...

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