First, you need encryption, more encryption, and then encryption again. The guys who rack, stack, and backup the data don't need to decrypt (much less query) the databases at all....

I believe that an analogy can be made between a data breach and an accidental spill of industrial pollution into a river. It would be pretentious to argue that the...

I don't know your database, but it could be argued that if users must routinely perform LIKE '%keyword%' queries on text columns just to locate the rows they are looking...

Today in 2018, when an IT organization is thinking about the next 5 or 10 years, the debate shouldn't be Standard Edition vs. Enterprise Edition or SQL Server vs. PostgreSQL,...

I know how Twilight Zone episodes work; as soon as I would learn PostgresSQL, I'd wake up again and everyone else on the planet would be a SQL Server DBA. 

I went through this a few months back. One snag that I initially ran into when installing a certificate on the server is that the SSL certificate must be installed...

If your first few years in the IT industry resembled an apprenticeship with a mentor and formal training, then you were fortunate. My own personal experience was more like: "Here...

Datacentric companies like Google and Facebook are essentially data factories; mining the public space for data and then stockpiling it in massive warehouses. Just like the industrial sector, these companies...

I've never worked in an organization that didn't observe the standard six or so holidays. If someone wants to trade Christmas of July 4 for another date more in line...