Microsoft released its latest touch based version of office for the iPad recently. They are targeting a release to the Android platform next, and then following up on a release to the new Windows 8 operating system. This is a new version of office that has been re-designed to make it work better in a touch based environment such as […]

Microsoft released its latest touch based version of office for the iPad recently. They are targeting a release to the Android platform next, and then following up on a release to the new Windows 8 operating system. This is a new version of office that has been re-designed to make it work better in a touch based environment such as […]

I chose Security and Monitoring after Inventory and Disaster Recovery as a natural progression of priorities. You can’t verify security or Setup Monitoring until you know what you have. I chose Disaster recovery second because the first priority is to keep the lights on. Now I’m going to move into a security audit. I want to close holes in the […]

I chose Security and Monitoring after Inventory and Disaster Recovery as a natural progression of priorities. You can’t verify security or Setup Monitoring until you know what you have. I chose Disaster recovery second because the first priority is to keep the lights on. Now I’m going to move into a security audit. I want to close holes in the […]

I thought I would take the first thirty days challenge myself as something to throw darts at. I am confident in what I do; but, always open to suggestions for improvement from others. The actual tasks I would do would depend on resources available to me in the form of documentation, people and budget. I would start addressing issues in […]

Mr. Nagle makes the first submission answering the question, “what would you do in your first 30 day having taken over the responsibilities of your companies Database resources? He asks, “How come you always come up with topics such as above which are often real time real situations!” The answer is simple. Tools may have changed over the decades I […]

In response to what to do in your First 30 Days, Daniel shares what his priorities may be. It appears that Daniel was not what Stephen Wynkoop affectionately calls the Accidental DBA; however, his receiving the roll of decision maker was unexpected and abrupt. This does happen. Daniel writes: Ugh… I just went through this… I don’t know if my […]

Mr. Nagle makes the first submission answering the question, “what would you do in your first 30 day having taken over the responsibilities of your companies Database resources? He asks, “How come you always come up with topics such as above which are often real time real situations!” The answer is simple. Tools may have changed over the decades I […]

Let’s say you just became responsible for the development and management of your companies database systems. Describe your next thirty days. This question came to me from a couple of different directions. One was a white paper for third party database management tools. Another was a web site for performing technical interviews, something I really enjoy participating in. Many of […]

I have recently become reacquainted with one of the cool generic techniques found in .Net, tuples. Tuples allow you to pass data in a structured form without fully defining a class or struct to pass complex object. If I had the need to pass an integer identifier, a phone number, and an Email address I could create a class with […]