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The touch of a human finger to a keyboard begins a journey. A journey in which the data that is born of this minor action must navigate with caution; for there in wait are gremlins, goblins and pirates waiting to disrupt or prematurely terminate this...
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Phil was contentedly re-reading Exodus, when it suddenly struck him that Moses didn't have the sort of difficulty that the Book editors in the IT industry generally have with their technical authors nowadays: or did he?...
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DBAs and Developers seem to live in parallel universes. If and when they talk to each other, the air is often thick with misunderstanding. It seems that what we have here is a deep-seated communication problem. Although the two groups share a common technical...
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Data classification is an important process of securing data. Without it there cannot be a consistent security policy implemented. At the end of this process each target object is assigned a level the indicates its classification. This classification...
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In the most recent issue of the economist’s “Technology Quarterly” there is an article about one of the oldest inventions ever – the humble cooking stove. Why was this important, but decidedly "low-tech", device being featured alongside netbooks, botnets...
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It is very common to classify data such as a Federal Identification Number as sensitive. It is considered such because it is unique to the individual and is often used to gain access to additional data. Biometrics, in many cases, also uniquely identifies...
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I’ve recently been working on Red Gate’s new Exchange Server
Archiver tool. Earlier on in the development process, I was developing part of
the Archive Service (the component responsible for extracting messages from
Exchange Server and passing them...
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Find out about Red Gate's plans for .NET Reflector....
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David DeWitt and his team at Microsoft have been exploring the 'next frontier' of architectures for building the parallel and scalable database systems that will be needed to support the "petabyte" data warehouse. The way forward is the "share nothing"...
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Tonight, I set about blogging about something I thought was interesting, funny and marginally useful (IFmU)...or wait...funny, useful and marginally interesting (FUmI). Part of the blog post I had envisioned would be to create a database, it's...
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One of my DBAs recently reported to me that our indexing job was failing because a database included in the re-indexing code was actually named after a T-SQL keyword. I think I actually guffawed, not because it was impossible, but just because this...
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Our development team has started using Scrum. We’re only 4 weeks in, so it would be premature to make a judgement on whether it's working for us. I’ve investigated how it’s practised elsewhere, and there seems to be a worrying trend…
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In nature the mineral called salt is a preservative. Prior to the age of refrigeration, mankind utilized this valuable resource to slow the decomposition process and increase the opportunity to consume the preserved food. This valuable mineral is also...
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Is it possible that working in IT, in the same office, for too long can cause you to lose touch with reality? Phil recalls an incident that gave him cause to reflect on the strange distortions of thinking that can result....
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The word "encryption" is often used to describe the process in which plain text is converted into cipher text and later transformed back into plain text for disclosing the data. For example: Cell-Level Encryption is the term used to describe...
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Phil finds an office instructional video on Health and Safety strangely fascinating....
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In this article, we examine the various ingredients that will help you establish a successful career as a DBA, and then contribute to your long-term career success. Formal Education – you don't need a degree in database administration, but a solid...
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One of the interesting new features in C# 2.0 was nullable valuetypes. Using these, you can set valuetypes to a value, or null. Their usage is entirely straightforward. For instance, to use a nullable int simply declare a variable of...
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Our expert team of conference-goers recently got back from PASS, and laughed in the face of jet-lag to fill us in on a varied taste of what went on during these last few non-stop days in Seattle. I’ll open to floor to the lovely Claire, who reminisces...
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One of the most entertaining sessions I attended at the recent PASS conference was "Much Ado: A Panel discussion about Nothing". I never fail to be amazed by the passion and energy that a bunch of database guys will put into a debate about "don't know"...
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The art of looking busy and efficient, even when one is really just arranging one's social life, or power-napping, is an essential skill for any IT manager. In fact, it is the key to a successful management career....
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It is indeed that time of the year when the love of American Football can be reflected through using its terms in metaphors for everything from life, politics, relationships, and in this case... Transparent Database Encryption (TDE). Life is not series...
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Being a Community Marketeer can be a tough road some days, but I think the highlight of my career arrived in my inbox today. We like to show love for our friends … and this friend returned the passion in spades, and permanent spades at that! Rodney...
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Ted Kummert opened by reiterating the message of Microsoft's increased level of support for the PASS conference, and introduced members of the SQLCAT team who were in attendance. Ted's data storage division needed to consider four main "pillars" of development:...
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This is the first full day of the PASS 2008 conference in the wonderful city of Seattle. After a great pre-con with Bob Beauchemin, a lively SQLServerCentral party and a severe attack of jet lag, I emerged bleary-eyed for the Wednesday morning Keynote...
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