T-SQL the Top Language of 2013(!) Pretty incredible if you think about it. That means more than VB, more than C# – more than … well, everything else out there, people turned to TSQL as a key to building out applications. To be fair, the headline is a bit misleading – T-SQL really is the top "mover and shaker" – […]

Data Protection is More than Access Control This breach that has happened at Target will continue to unfold and we’ll learn from it and protect things differently because of it. One thing is clear, dataprotection is going to necessarily change. It simply must. From the early information (we’ll see how it evolves over time), data was captured not by hacking […]

Private Cloud? Public Cloud? Hybrid? There are reports that some are abandoning plans to move to the public cloud, and we’ve been working with many different people putting together their own plans for the cloud. In the work we’ve been involved with, we’re seeing bigger plans for the public cloud as tools and technologies mature. While security concerns have been […]

Have You Checked Your Jobs Recently? Too many times when we’re reviewing a system to get our arms around what’s going on – we end up surprised by jobs that were relied on for processing, but that have long-since stopped working for whatever reason. This can really impair systems of course, and it usually ends up being one of those […]

Data Security is Changing The revelations about the NSA, the scope of their data snooping and the vast amounts of information they watch are truly incredible. If you add to this the technology that’s been developed to do this task, you really have to stop and think. For example, do you really believe the current agencies doing this snooping are […]

Facing New SQL Server Responsibilities? Today’s the day – Sept 20 – come by our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/sswug) and join us at 10:00a PST for a live session. I’ll be giving you some information on how to get started with your servers, how to get your arms around what you’re working with and more. I’ll also be chatting with you […]

Have You Heard About Blu? It’s pretty cool some of the refinements and outright new things that are coming out for data professionals. I’ve been talking with more and more people from across the spectrum of database systems and the capabilities and functionality are really amazing. We have a free webcast happening on the 12th that goes into some of […]

The cloud changes how you approach your systems, there’s no doubt. For the near-term, and possibly medium term, we’ll have predominantly hybrid solutions running. This means that you’ll still be managing those systems you have in-house PLUS the systems in the cloud. No problem. Some changes, but in many cases adding to, not reducing responsibilities. I continue to hear though […]

We’re really looking forward to getting the conference kicked off tomorrow morning, right here online. You can attend technical sessions, chat with presenters live, get information about the things that others have experienced and so much more. There is no sales allowed when it comes to producing these sessions, so you know there are technical tidbits galore. Today’s the last […]

Scott Shaw has created a session on this very topic – check it out here. Unless you’re in a very unique situation systems-wise, I think it’s very clear that the cloud and cloud-based services, will be changing how we manage systems. In some cases it will be hybrid clouds like what we’re seeing support for from Microsoft and others. In […]