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
Career John Magnabosco in Career Crossing the Line: Skill Atrophy In this blog series titled “Crossing the Line,” I will explore the various aspects, concerns, and successes associated with the... 28 October 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
Software Delivery Mohammad Rizvi in Software Delivery How Can DevOps Concepts Provide Value in Digital Transformation Projects? For some of us, DevOps means startups, cloud, fast-moving social media applications and Extreme Programming (XP). What about large corporate... 04 October 2017 12 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
Database Administration Robert Sheldon in Database Administration More SQL Server Features that Time Forgot SQL Server produces some great features, but it would be impossible to get them spot-on target every time. We are... 20 September 2017 14 min read
T-SQL Programming Joe Celko in T-SQL Programming Missing Data In the real world of business or scientific reporting and analysis, data can prove to be awkward. It can be... 08 September 2017 11 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
Software Delivery Mohammad Rizvi in Software Delivery Providing the Necessary Tools and Reports for Very Large IT Projects For the larger development project using Agile/DevOps, there will always be the problem of comprehensive tooling and reporting. An all-encompassing... 06 September 2017 15 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
Jackie Barre Mixing MongoDB and Relational Databases in the Enterprise Your Agile developers want MongoDB, or a similar document database: your Ops people are concerned about security and backup, and... 24 August 2017 9 min read
