Current Early Bird Registration Discount Ends Sept 2
Did you know you save $59 by registering early for the October Virtual Conference? The current early bird registration rates expire on Sept 2, so get registered today. 75 sessions, free 6-month SSWUG membership, an all-live track that includes Q&A with the live speakers and a whole lot more.
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Do You Know Your SQL Stuff? (Or SharePoint or .NET or…)
If so, we’d love to work with you! We’re always looking for authors and those that want to share their experiences. From regular articles to "once in a while" articles, all are welcome. People really learn well by hearing about the real-world experiences of others and we’d like to help get the word out. It’s very simple to do, we do pay for articles (and even have a very unique system that provides ongoing payments). If you’d like to find out more, either email me (swynk@sswug.org) or check out the information page here: http://bitonthewire.wpengine.com/editor – you’ll be able to get the details and even submit your first article(s)!
SelectViews Show Now Available
The final segment of the three-part show – There are some great scripts out there that will bring you all sorts of information about what’s happening with your SQL Servers, debugging, performance management, indexing and a whole lot more. Chris and I set out to find the best of the best scripts and put together a several part show so you could see just a bit of what’s available. Kudos to the script-builders out there – great work!
Part 3: Chris Shaw, Stephen Wynkoop explore the top 10 SQL Server scripts that you simply must know about. Learn about scripts, why these particular scripts are great and where they are found.
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Previously:
[Watch Here] (Part 2) Chris Shaw, Stephen Wynkoop explore the top 10 SQL Server scripts
[Watch Here] (Part 1) Chris Shaw, Stephen Wynkoop explore the top 10 SQL Server scripts
[Watch Here] (Part 2) SQL Server Performance Tips.
Web Developers are Lazy…
…or at least that’s the overall message of this article about a study by IBM about software systems that have been compromised.
I do agree that the web-based applications can be the easiest to correct; you have (generally) a single point of source to control and manage and voilà! Everyone’s copy is updated. It’s not like you have to distribute the code, run the setup application to get it installed on the workstation…
BUT, in simply stating that there are so many more web-based applications compromised, I’m not sure how representative it is of reality, or at least not a meaningful comparison. I’m assuming they’re comparing client-side applications and those that are web-based. Web-based are, by definition, far more open for exploitation – there simply are more "copies" of them – they’re accessible from anywhere in the world if it’s a public site. This lends them to automated hacking attacks, something that is incredibly active right now.
Still, this should come as a wake-up call. If you don’t think your public-facing site has been at least attempted to be hacked, in all likelihood, you’re simply wrong.
If you can, you should have alerts in place that will watch for attempts and alert you – you may be surprised to find out how constant the attempts are and how sophisticated the code behind them is. Have your systems trap the errors and then email you the query string and other HTTP variables. You’ll learn a lot about just how active the hacking automation has become.
Webcasts, Webcasts, Webcasts!
A whole host of Webcast coming up – be sure to get registered to save your spot!
Register: Convert Your Script to a Custom Task in Five Easy Steps
This session will show you how to can turn your script into a custom task, allowing you to easily reuse it between packages, and share it with the world. Presented by: Matt Masson
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> 9/2/2009 at 12:00pm Noon Pacific
Register: Managing a Crisis
Do you have a plan for your next Crisis? What should you look for? Presented by: Chris Shaw
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> 9/9/2009 at 12:00pm Noon Pacific
Register: Quick Dynamic Data Customizations
In this demo learn how to kick off a new project, setup the data model and make a few customizations to the "out of the box" Dynamic Data site structure. Presented by: Rachel Appel
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> 9/16/2009 at 12:00pm Noon Pacific