I’ve gone through 4 different online training courses now for Asp.Net MVC projects, and each one does the same thing differently. That’s not surprising, because there have been so many flavors of Asp.Net MVC over a very short period of time. I’m finding it helpful to actually go through all of the different presentations, because it helps to see how […]
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Catching Up Isn’t Easy
Keeping current is a lot easier if you keep current. When you need to catch up, it can be confusing as to what implementation is preferred, or why things have changed. As you may remember, I have been taking a sabbatical from work due to health reasons. I determined to make use of this mandated opportunity to spend significant time […]
Bots, Agents and Databases
Have you started working with (or supporting) automation systems that include bots? Specifically, chat bots? I have to admit I have mixed feelings about this whole thing. I’m that person that calls the cable company and starts with “I’m technical. I’ve done the test stuff. I know what the issue is, please send help.” All of this to avoid the […]
SSWUG Virtual Conference Starts Tomorrow (Tuesday)
If you haven’t had a chance to register yet – here’s the direct link: http://www.sswugvc.com It’ll get you to the site, you can check out the sessions, see what’s up. This is all about the learning. All about the sessions. We have some excellent information and learning for you – and it’s two full days of two tracks. We’ll also […]
Version Control For Your Schemas, Jobs?
There are many different options for managing source code of course. Perhaps one of the most referenced is GitHub and the integration tools and such are very strong for managing your source and application bits and pieces. For some reason, many don’t think about including scripts, table structures, basically all of the things to do with the database, in their […]
Scale-Out vs. Scale-Up as a Cloud Success Indicator
Sometimes, the things that drive the market just sort of creep up on you. Surprising things. We’re all here talking about big data-this, big data-that. Storage management. Performance. All of those things. They’ve traditionally often been all about scaling UP your application (bigger servers, more power, etc.). I know I’ve had the discussion with people many, many times about considerations […]
Do You Disclose Immediately… Or…?
One of the big news items of the day is that Microsoft’s internal database of vulnerabilities was hacked in 2013. That’s a while ago! As I was reading all of the posts talking about how these types of things should immediately be disclosed, and that it applies not only to a hack of systems, but also disclosing vulnerabilities, I found […]
Data Flow and Capacity… and Knowing All The Variables
Data sources are certainly something that should be on nearly everyone’s radar. With more devices, more analysis and more utility coming from information than ever before, it’s pretty obvious that our pendulum associated with being a data professional will have yet more swings in the direction of managing performance as things expand. This post from was interesting as they tried […]
PowerBI, Using that Data, IoT and the Borg
Yesterday Ben posted about where, exactly, the responsibility for security lays. Is it with the DBA? The network team? Is it with the person or team that could have prevented the latest breach? It’s a great question. Make sure you check out the post if you haven’t seen it yet. (Here’s a link) As we continue this revolution into more […]
Who Is Responsible for Security
Let’s face it. We work in a very Security conscience world. However, I am not sure that is the same thing as awareness. Phishing is a very popular method for hacking into a system today. In fact, I read an article where North Korea was trying to break into the United States of America electrical grid through phishing attacks. It’s […]