HIPAA and Database Administration – Part 2
HIPAA was signed into law in the United States in 1996. In this article, Robert Sheldon discusses how the act affects the day-to-day responsibilities of database administrators.
Software Engineering in Practice
Is there a need for apprenticeships in the data world? Should we consciously seek to view our first year as an apprenticeship? Should companies provide learning paths for new hires?
What is ADF? Level 1 of the Stairway to Azure Data Factory
Azure Data Factory is a new way of moving data around, and this first level gives you a good overview of what the service can do.
Skills for Everyone in Tech
Today Kathi talks about the skills that all of us need to succeed in our careers.
SSIS Basics: Data cleansing using derived columns
On this article I will show you how to perform a basic data cleansing using the derived column data transformation
SQL Server 2019 is Here
On Monday, Sep 24, 2018, at the Ignite 2018 conference, Microsoft announced the first public preview of SQL Server 2019 (community technical preview (CTP) release of SQL Server 2.0).This new release of SQL Server is packed with many new features to improve performance, integrate your increasing volumes of corporate data, beef up security, and more.
Burnout
Doing the same thing for too long, and not enjoying it, isn't good for anyone. You might be burned out, or as Steve Jones notes, you might need to change our perspective.
Get the Error Column Name in SSIS
This article will show how you can get the column name for error rows in an SSIS 2016 Data Flow task.
Extended Events Workbench
The Extended Events (or XEvents) feature has been part of SQL Server since 2008, but many database professionals struggle to get started using it. In this article, Phil Factor demonstrates several useful Extended Event sessions that measure just one thing in each. He then provides the code necessary to parse the resulting XML into something you can use.
Blogs
A New Word: the Kinder Surprise
By Steve Jones
the kinder surprise – . the point in your early adolescence when you realize...
VPN + SQL Server Connections: Why Long-Working Setups Suddenly Fail with Msg 10054 and “Connection Broken”
By Tim Radney
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been contacted by multiple customers experiencing the same...
Future IT Roles – Agentic Architect and AI Boom!!
By Vinay Thakur
These days everything is changing to AI World, IT roles are getting changed and...
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