Opinion Pieces William Brewer in Opinion Pieces Data Retention: An Inexact Art A myriad of laws regulate data retention and generally compete with each other. William Brewer provides an introduction to the... 19 March 2018 16 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
Opinion Pieces William Brewer in Opinion Pieces Questions About Data Breaches that You Were Too Shy to Ask News reports about data breaches are common occurrences. Even the companies that exist to keep our data safe are not... 09 February 2018 16 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
Opinion Pieces Joe Celko in Opinion Pieces Degree of Duplication Technology is constantly moving forward, but it is also helpful to understand how we arrived where we are today. Joe... 25 January 2018 13 min read
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
Opinion Pieces William Brewer in Opinion Pieces Questions about Data Governance that You Were Too Shy to Ask A company’s data is one of its most valuable and important resources. Managing and protecting that data are big responsibilities,... 24 January 2018 16 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
T-SQL Programming Joe Celko in T-SQL Programming Validation, Verification, and Modification A proper database design is very important, and changes to fix problems after the fact are expensive. In this article,... 26 December 2017 20 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
Opinion Pieces William Brewer in Opinion Pieces Questions about Data Masking That You Were Too Shy to Ask The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be in effect in May of 2018. Data masking is one technique that... 30 November 2017 10 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
Opinion Pieces Phil Factor in Opinion Pieces The Power of Three and the Wooden Computer The mystery of one of the almost-forgotten pioneers of the computer starts Phil Factor on a quest to explore and... 15 November 2017 37 min read
Opinion Pieces William Brewer in Opinion Pieces Questions About the GDPR That You Were Too Shy to Ask The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will affect organisations in countries around the world, not just those in Europe. The... 14 November 2017 15 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
Database Administration Robert Sheldon in Database Administration Even More SQL Server Features that Time Forgot SQL Server works well, and Microsoft does everything it can to keep it relevant and competitive: As with everything in... 18 October 2017 13 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
