Build Your Own Resource Monitor in a Jiffy

A Case for Database CI

This week Phil Factor looks at database continuous integration.

Learning the Query Store

Links and references to understand what the Query Store is in SQL Server 2016.

Practical Processor Selection for SQL Server 2014/2016 OLTP Workloads

Glenn Berry explains how you can do some simple analysis to help decide the exact processor to should choose for a new database server, taking into consideration workload and budget constraints.

SSIS Deployments

Four ways to deploy SSIS packages are shown in this piece.

Common MySQL Insert and Update Tasks and Their Solutions

Inserting and updating table contents with data from other tables and/or views within the same database need not be a nail-biting ordeal. Rob Gravelle shares some common Insert and Update tasks to help avoid any problems.

Data Masking for Convenience

Steve Jones talks a bit about the new data masking feature in SQL Server 2016 and how useful it can be.

OpenStack: The Good and Not-So-Good Bits

OpenStack holds a great deal of promise as a cloud platform built on open standards, and has support from the major players in cloud services. It has the potential for allowing organisations to set up their own private cloud services that are designed to inter-operate. Is it ready yet for companies that want the convenience of cloud solutions, but with more control, and without the large subscription fees? Robert Sheldon finds out.

Everyone is a Target

Today Steve Jones looks at the targeted attacks by hackers against individual security professionals.

Retrieve file sizes from the file system using Power Query

Koen Verbeeck shows how to easily extract metadata from files in your directories with Power Query.