(Lockwood Lyon) As recently as a decade ago, database administrators had to execute many complex and interesting tasks such as capacity planning, SQL performance tuning and most recently supporting business analytics in the big data environment.
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AWS Key Management System (KMS) to Encrypt and Decrypt Using the ASW Java 2 SDK
(James A. Brannan) In this tutorial we explore the AWS Key Management System (KMS) to encrypt and decrypt data via the AWS Java 2 SDK. This tutorial encrypts/decrypts two different ways.
Why You Should Create Reports in Power BI Desktop Instead of the Power BI Service
(Melissa Coates) This post is to make you aware that there are some serious downsides when you choose to create reports in the Power BI Service rather than Power BI Desktop.
Filtering Object Explorer Detailed Information in SSMS
(Gregory A. Larsen) In my last tip Displaying the Object Explorer Details Pane in SQL Server Management Studio, you learned how to bring up the Object Explorer Details pane.
Wrap-Up: IDUG Db2 North American Technical Conference in Charlotte
(Ember Crooks) The IDUG Conference in Charlotte this year was one of the best-run North American Conferences I have been to.
Magical, Mystical JavaScript Transducers
(James Sinclair) Transducers are very cool. They give us a lot of power. But they are also a bit abstract. And that makes them hard to explain.
Dependency Injection in ASP.NET Web Forms
(Joe Petrakovich) Shout out to all my ASP.NET Web Forms devs out there. This one is for you.
BlockChain Programming and VB.NET, Part 2
(Hannes DuPreez) It seems as if the BitCoin fad has eased up a bit, especially after these types of currencies suffered some serious blows. Be that as it may, the BlockChain is still a very interesting technology, and it won’t die soon.
Reactive Azure Service Bus Messaging with Azure Event Grid
(Filip W) This tutorial explores Azure Service Bus integration with Azure Event Grid, and the benefits it brings in to create truly reactive, event driven systems.
Load Balanced ProxySQL in Google Cloud
(Jervin Real) There are three different ways ProxySQL can direct traffic between your application and the backend MySQL services.