Sequels for SQL Server: The Week of November 27, 2009
I'm starting a new series called Seven Sequels for SQL. In this series, I point you to seven sites where you can go beyond the nose-to-the-grindstone resources that we see every day as SQL Server...
View ArticleSequels for SQL: Dec 17, 2009
In the Sequels for SQL series, I point you to sites where you can go beyond the nose-to-the-grindstone resources that we see every day as SQL Server professionals. (My favorite resource for pan-SQL...
View Article[OT] When Does Media Content -Truly- Become Public Domain?
I've always been intrigued by our process for allowing creative content, such as songs or movies, to become public domain. A common usage for public domain might be to create a short family video and,...
View ArticleMy Last "Catch-Up" Post for 2010 Content
I did a lot of writing in 2010. Unfortunately, I didn't do a good job of keeping all of that writing equally distributed throughout all of the channels where I'm active. So here are a few more posts...
View ArticleAdventures in the Land of CloudDB/NoSQL/NoAcid
Cloud, Bunny, or CloudBunny? Last year, some of my friends from Quest Software attended Hadoop World in New York. In 2009, I never would've guessed that Quest would be there with products, community...
View ArticleGetting Ahead of the Curve – Big Data
I have to confess that I'm incredibly excited about BigData. I haven't been this excited about new innovations in IT since relational databases first appeared on the scene early in my career. But what...
View ArticleWhat I'm Reading, July 22 2011
I read too much, and that, my friends, is an entirely separate topic for a blog post. But I thought I'd share with you a little more about what I'm reading because sometimes, if I'm lucky, it might be...
View ArticleRun as Radio Podcast - A little Denali
In this podcast on the uber-popular podcast "RunAs Radio", host Richard Campbell asks me about what topics are of particular interest at Tech-Ed 2011, focusing the discussion on cloud and SQL Server...
View ArticleNew on "Database Trends & Applications"
In last month's column, "2012 Might Really Be the End of the World as We Know It," I described a number of major developments in the IT industry that are likely to disrupt the life of database...
View ArticlePASS Summit 2011, Day 3 - A Tribute to Wayne Snyder
First things first, Wayne Snyder is rolling off the board of directors for PASS this year. We'd worked together, shoulder to shoulder along with Joe Webb ( blog | @ joewebb ) and other outstanding...
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