Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials Are Tech Conferences Worth It? In September, thousands of IT professionals, developers, and trainers descended on Orlando, FL, for Microsoft’s Ignite conference. This was Microsoft’s... 15 November 2018 3 min read
Editorials Feodor Georgiev in Editorials Data Security: Nowhere to Hide In my view, data security is an abstract concept, just as abstract as money, religion and fascination – all devised... 01 November 2018 3 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials Do You Have a Career or a Job? Recently, I thought about the difference between a career and a job. Technically, a job is one employment agreement out... 15 October 2018 3 min read
Editorials Dean Mathews in Editorials Entrepreneurship Vs. Employment: Which Is the Best? Being an entrepreneur isn’t for everyone; by the same token, being an employee is not either. There are serious pros... 04 October 2018 3 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials Is Certification Worth It? I was recently asked if I thought getting a Microsoft certification was valuable. I see quite a few benefits. Certifications... 23 September 2018 3 min read
Editorials Kendra Little in Editorials Security, Compliance, Data Ethics, and Breaking the “Not My Job” Mindset Security, compliance, and data ethics are related concepts that everyone who works with software should know about, from the help... 30 August 2018 3 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials Giving Back to the Tech Community Most of us haven’t learned everything we know about technology from books or classes. Instead, when things go wrong, a... 20 August 2018 3 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials Why Everyone Developing T-SQL Needs to Learn About Graphical Execution Plans Just recently, my local .NET user group asked me to present at their meeting on the topic of graphical execution... 08 August 2018 3 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials Automation and Work I recently took two of my grandchildren to a McDonald’s restaurant for some lunch. We were greeted by a young... 23 July 2018 3 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials Star Trek’s Vision of the Future St. Louis, MO, has a wonderful museum called The St. Louis Science Center. If you are ever in the area,... 13 July 2018 3 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials Taking Time Away from Work As I write this, my mind is focused on my big holiday trip, just two days away. It’s a trip... 20 June 2018 3 min read
Editorials Dean Mathews in Editorials Why Business Leaders Must Foster a Company Culture At the center of all businesses is a company culture. This culture exists whether the leaders created it or not.... 14 June 2018 3 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials Do We Really Care About Privacy? You may have noticed a recent flurry of activity in your email inbox as many companies sent out new privacy... 01 June 2018 3 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials One Space or Two? Typewriters have become rare over the past twenty years or so as we began to use computers more often at... 17 May 2018 3 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials Why Database Administrators Need Monitoring Tools I was recently asked about which tools I used back when I was a full-time SQL Server database administrator. I... 02 May 2018 3 min read
Editorials Dean Mathews in Editorials When You Need A DBA: Inhouse Vs Outsourced One big question for software developers and IT departments in small companies is always “should I hire a DBA?” The fact... 17 April 2018 3 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials The Facebook Fiasco About ten years ago, my friends and family were abandoning their Myspace accounts and heading to Facebook. I fought it... 08 April 2018 3 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials Be Prepared when Disaster Strikes It was a rough winter for flying in and out of Heathrow as the UK experienced unusually cold and snowy... 20 March 2018 3 min read
Editorials Dean Mathews in Editorials Why You Need a Time-Management Strategy Time management is simply the ability to plan how and where you spend your time throughout the work day. When... 19 February 2018 3 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials Working from Home I’ve been fortunate enough to work from my home office for the past six years. My commute is about twelve... 07 February 2018 3 min read
