Editorials Dean Mathews in Editorials How to Know When It’s Time to Hire a DBA There are many reasons why one would consider hiring a professional database administrator (DBA). You may be concerned about user... 24 January 2018 3 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials Time Off Time is a precious commodity, and so much of our time is dedicated to working. IT professionals often have jobs... 09 January 2018 3 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials Self-improvement: Uniquely Human There are many things that separate humans from other animals. One of those things is our interest in improving ourselves.... 27 December 2017 3 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials My Next Phone Should be a Communicator If you are a fan of the many Star Trek television series and movies, you may have noticed how easily... 13 December 2017 3 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials Follow Your Passion…Or Not Depending on what you read, you will find advice to ‘follow your passion’ and, alternatively, ‘don’t follow your passion’. The... 30 November 2017 3 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials Thinking About Non-Relational Databases A couple of years ago, I was at a client site working to fix some SQL Server performance problems. Every... 16 November 2017 3 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials Does a Formal Degree Really Matter in Tech? Many professions require college degrees or even advanced degrees, professional board exams, and licensing, but being a developer or IT... 02 November 2017 3 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials Don’t Stop Learning A few years ago, I found myself teaching an in-depth SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) class at a local tech... 18 October 2017 3 min read
Editorials Tony Davis in Editorials SQL Server Coming in on Another Platform Why release SQL Server as a Linux, as well as Windows, application? It baffled many DBAs when it was announced,... 05 October 2017 3 min read
Editorials Tony Davis in Editorials Conversations with Gran about Databases So, what’s going on in your databases world this week, young man? I paused, as always, a little unsure of... 21 September 2017 3 min read
Editorials Tony Davis in Editorials The Wrong Way to Clean Up the Internet Having successfully fought several privacy battles, granting people the right to have themselves taken off Google search, and to have... 08 September 2017 3 min read
Editorials Phil Factor in Editorials When is the Data Deleted? Imagine that your business is providing a service to individuals, and you charge by the amount of usage. You are... 24 August 2017 3 min read
Editorials Tony Davis in Editorials IT Aphorisms for Developers Developers enter their trade fizzing with untamed creative energy. They envision spending their days dashing out intricate algorithms that compile... 14 August 2017 3 min read
Editorials Tony Davis in Editorials Who was that masked man anyway? Whenever you require a visit to the doctor, or hospital, a lot of personal data will likely be recorded, alongside... 03 August 2017 3 min read
Blogs William Brewer in Blogs The Fast Route from Raw Data to Analysis and Display There are very few real breakthroughs in IT. Most progress in the industry comes from pure effort and attention to... 18 July 2017 3 min read
Blogs William Brewer in Blogs Morphing the Monolith Microservices can certainly be made to work well for particular types of applications, but is it relevant to the mainstream?... 05 July 2017 3 min read
Blogs Andrew Clarke in Blogs Working From Home The idea that one can do nothing useful as a developer unless you are in an open plan office is... 20 June 2017 3 min read
Blogs Tony Davis in Blogs To Fly, To Serve, To Fry Your Servers So, the story goes that an Ops engineer walked into a data center with the necessary pass, a cheery wave... 08 June 2017 3 min read
Blogs William Brewer in Blogs WannaCry Over Spilled Data The WannaCry ransomware attack has highlighted a serious problem. If there is negligence in your IT strategy, you are increasingly... 24 May 2017 3 min read
Blogs Phil Factor in Blogs The Need for Database DevTest The first and overriding thought of the experienced developer given any new development task is, or should be, ‘How the... 09 May 2017 3 min read
