A New Type of Colocation Facility
Microsoft is working on their generation 4 data centers, which might be a great idea for companies if they can implement a private cloud.
2013-01-31
167 reads
Editorials
The Knowledge Graph
Google has a new project to use a "database of everything" to help you learn more.
2013-01-30
198 reads
Acing an Audit
Audits for technology groups can be time consuming and stress employees out. An article Steve Jones finds says an insurance company only needed 30 minutes to ace their audit.
2013-01-29
189 reads
Not Pulling the Plug Out
Phil Factor on his renewed appreciation for the "customer-focused" culture of the Data Platform Group at Microsoft
2013-01-28
77 reads
Still 32
There is likely still a lot of 32-bit software out there, even as the x86 platform appears to be dying away. Steve Jones notes that you'll likely be dealing with 32/64 bit issues in your career.
2013-01-28
117 reads
Geeky Oscars
This Friday Steve Jones takes a break from serious technical discussions. With the Oscar nominees announced there were lots of films left out of the awards. Are there some of these you'd recommend?
2013-01-25
94 reads
Serverless Software
Today Steve Jones talks about the future of software development and how it might not require developers to know anything about servers.
2013-01-24
159 reads
Building Better Software
Why is it so hard to build better software? Steve Jones looks at recent problem in iOS that seems silly.
2013-01-23
205 reads
Encryption Not Restriction
Encryption keys for services in the cloud should be maintained by the customer, according to Steve Jones. It's actually a good idea for all of your data.
2013-01-22
129 reads
The Optimists
A develop should be a glass-half-full kind of guy, at least according to Steve Jones. This editorial was originally published on April 15, 2008. It is being re-run as Steve is on holiday.
2013-01-21 (first published: 2008-04-15)
258 reads
Blogs
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
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Forums
A question about how to store the address in the database
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SSIS package failing intermittently on last Excel Component
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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: JSON_ARRAYAGG
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Multiple Sequence Values
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