Ben has been writing about encryption a bit, and of course if you head to the site, you can check out the ongoing series we’ve been doing that goes through all of the different aspects of controlling and encrypting your data. (check it out here – it’s pretty comprehensive!) One area that seems to still be a challenge is that […]

Inc. has a great article by Jason Fried in his "Get Real" series. It’s about the team at 37signals and talks to the maturation of a company and specifically the development cycles and creative projects. Take a look at the article here – it’s a good read. I think a lot of people face this with many systems and solutions […]

Last week I wrote about the data flows that the military is facing – and the sheer volume of these and what they mean to the people responsible for managing that data. In addition, I mentioned that I think the issue of analyzing and working with that information is substantial. Since there are really two different "modes" of working with […]

Really funny thing happened. I had seen an article talking specifically about drones and the huge amounts of data, both video and otherwise, being produced. The issue, it seems, is that so much information is coming in that they can’t get through it all in a comprehensive way, especially not in "real" time. The article goes on to talk about […]

As you build out systems and solutions that are taking advantage of the cloud and cross-platform capabilities, it’s important to remember to circle-back and update your checklists and overall procedures so you make sure things are managed correctly. Cloud-Based elements to keep track of include the many new aspects of managing your servers and instances once you move to the […]

Deploying systems, whether it’s an update to an existing system or a new set of applications, is getting quite challenging. We’ve been working through updates on our own systems and the "fingers" of the systems touch so many things that it’s truly difficult to work through all of the iterations that people may encounter as they use different systems. With […]

As I was talking with a DBA, we were talking about the different pieces of SQL Server – from performance to disaster recovery management and beyond. I was surprised when they indicated that performance and tuning were not something they allocated a lot of time to. The payoff just wasn’t there. I figured they were simply brilliant and had tuned […]

When I wrote about denormalizing your tables, it was with an eye to optimizing things for different data use cases. While do I do think there are cases where it can be helpful, one of the comments received was important as you consider how you want to address this. From Jim: "***[E]very*** time I have denormalized, I have later regretted […]

We’ve just launched Class Pass, the option to have full access to all courses and virtual conferences (and more goodies are on the way) from SSWUG.ORG. It’s a great way to take your time with courses, while at the same time staying up to date on skills and having the references you need. Have you seen the class directory? And […]

If you read over the reviews of the BI conference last week, you see that there were high hopes from some for a mobile solution. I thought it was intriguing to read the comments though and see that not everyone agrees that that’s the next frontier for BI. What do you think should be next? Personally, I think mobile is […]