(Steven Mann) This chapter explores how you may use PowerShell scripts to perform the installation and configuration of SharePoint 2010. Microsoft provides a set of tools that aids in the installation. Use these procedures to script out and run unattended installations.
Other News
July 2011 refresh of the DB2 10 for z/OS product documentation
(Willie Favero) As what seems to have become a tradition in 2011, a new month brings with new updates to some of the DB2 product documentation. For this month (July), only the DB2 10 manuals have updates (so far at least).
Build truly RESTful API and website using same ASP.NET MVC code
(Omar Al Zabir) A truly RESTful API means you have unique URLs to uniquely represent entities and collections, and there is no verb/action on the URL.
Oracle Previews MySQL 5.6
(Sean Michael Kerner) One of the biggest areas of concern that helped to delay Oracle’s (NASDAQ: ORCL) acquisition of Sun last year was the open source MySQL database. As it turns out, Oracle has accelerated MySQL development, and this week previewed its next generation.
What is eLML
(Darla Ferrara) eLML is a concept you might come across as you are studying XML languages. eLesson Markup Language provides an XML framework to develop online classes. The project was born out of the desire to make education an Internet feature.
IBM Cognos Proven Practices: Creating a Summary Cube for TM1 Data Reservations
(Sameer Inamdar) This article describes a method to create a cube listing all the data reservations on all available cubes in a TM1 server.
SQL Server script to rebuild all indexes for all tables and all databases
(Greg Robidoux) One of the main functions of a DBA is to maintain database indexes. There have been several tips written about different commands to use for both index rebuilds and index defrags as well as the differences between index maintenance with SQL Server.
The Core of the (BI) Issue
The Core of the (BI) Issue…? I’ve been talking with a lot of speakers, writers and other industry professionals trying to get a handle on the challenges of successful Business Intelligence (BI) projects. One thing is becoming increasingly clear, and that is that of course you have to start in small steps. I don’t think that’s a suprirse by now. […]
Access as a Presentation Layer Tool
Access as a Presentation Layer Tool SelecTViews With Stephen Wynkoop Watch as Stephen talks with Scott Gode from Azaleos talks about gaps between private cloud systems and Office 365. Alvin writes: I think most people writing to the editorials have already said it one way or another. There is no doubt that SQL Server is a more robust database platform […]
Questions to ask During a DBA Job Interview
(Craig Mullins) Today’s blog entry is for DBAs. The questions here apply to any DBA job, regardless of whether the DBMS to be managed is DB2 or Oracle or SQL Server or any other DBMS.