Jeff,

Excellent comments and references. Thanks for that!!

lazy developers ?

I agree with mkeast. SP4 is Slammer patched.

I'm not a SAN expert, but I don't like my data sharing spindles with other access patterns. WAFL should work, but I prefer RAID 10, separate drives and LUNs for...

bitbucket,

Not sure how you do that, but I'd recommend finding a new job. And if you do, make a complaint to the Department of Labor. Salaried is salaried. Deducting...

I agree with large scale key escrow, but the individual or organization has to be able to recover keys. Too many people will forget them if you have no way...

I'm an MCSE, but not an MCDBA. However they can help. I haven't seen them bump salary so much as some companies require it. I have over a decade of...

I believe CVs are asked for more in the Europe than the US, except in academia. As mentioned above, it's a little longer than a resume.

Typically I've kept my resume...

Shouldn't. Never done it though. I've always just made a note in my files rather than chance the server. There's no technical difference in how they run. It's just proof...

That's kind of strange. Not sure how Insight Manager connects, so I'd be sure you know that first.

You might need to Profile to be sure it's connecting with the account...

Two things: First, get off this. It isn't in W2K3 (although you can jump through hoops to get it there). Better to use the free one from ASPMail (http://www.aspemail.com/).

Second, is...

Nope, but you should upgrade the v7 server to 2000. It can run v7 files and then you have less issues.

You can set a procedure/job to run xp_startmail. If it returns the message it's started, then you know things are ok. If not, I'd suggest you install xp_smtp to send...

The maint plan aren't great. If one part fails, like a backup can't complete, it doesn't get to the cleanup as mentioned abovce. I'd check the log history and be...

Very cool!!!!

I'd forgotten about this one. Thanks.