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 […]

This webcast is today – I’ll be the host. Will you join us? Facing a System Rebuild? There have been a few times in life when I’ve had to go through rebuilding the world – re-creating a server from scratch due to a system failure. It wasn’t much fun, and it was painful. You have different backups in different places, […]

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 […]

More to DR than Just Databases…. When you look at the recoverability of your systems you quickly find that it’s not just about database backups. It’s more about system rebuilds and the ability to bring things back online as a whole, not just data-wise. If you’re curious what it takes, and how to better manage it, I hope you’ll join […]

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 […]