The Growth of Storage
This week Steve Jones asks you to predict the future of hardware. When will we have laptops that rival the specs of today's large SQL Server servers.
2013-01-18
116 reads
Editorials
Serious Security
The password issue has Steve Jones concerned. So many of us that use computing devices don't do a good job of securing our information.
2013-01-17
134 reads
Message Queues in Software
Steve Jones talks about Service Broker and messaging and how these techniques can help you build a more robust application.
2013-01-16
272 reads
Cramming for Interviews
Today Steve Jones talks about the questions people ask on the Internet about interviews. Are they ok? Should you cram for an interview this way?
2013-01-15
342 reads
Global Insecurities
The various security scans of 2012 reported lots of potential problems in companies. Why don't vendors make it easier for us to install and configure their software securely?
2013-01-14
79 reads
The Java Danger
This week a vulnerability in Java has prompted a large scale notice to the general public.
2013-01-14
166 reads
The Auditing Poll
Is auditing in use in your applications? Steve Jones wants to know as he thinks it will be more important in the future for most software.
2013-01-11
112 reads
A Patch Disaster
What would happen if the wrong patches were applied to your database server? The results could be a huge problem. Steve Jones reminds you to be careful with mass patches.
2013-01-10
146 reads
Statistical Protection
Statistical databases contain lots of information that can be used in a variety of ways, but it can also be abused. Steve Jones talks about some of the problems and potential solutions.
2013-01-08
113 reads
The $50,000 Laptop
The average value of a lost laptop has been found to be much more than you might expect. Steve Jones talks about a recent study.
2013-01-07
222 reads
Blogs
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
Designing a Storage Load Test for SQL Server
I’ve been doing storage load tests for SQL Server for a long time, both...
Questions and Answers from Running a Local LLM
By Steve Jones
I had a few random questions from my Running a Local LLM on Your...
Forums
A question about how to store the address in the database
I have an app that has an address field on the customer and the...
SSIS package failing intermittently on last Excel Component
Good Afternoon, I have a Job which "fires" off an SSIS package (that is...
T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: JSON_ARRAYAGG
Comments posted to this topic are about the item T-SQL in SQL Server 2025:...
Question of the Day
Multiple Sequence Values
How do I easily get the next 12 sequence values from a sequence object?
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