Monthly Archives: December 2010

Certified Private Clouds

Posted on December 9, 2010 by way0utwest

Cloud computing is becoming more and more popular, or at least, more and more talked about in the tech press. Like many of you, I am not sure that I want to run my database servers from the cloud, but … Continue reading →

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Put Your Thinking Caps On

Posted on December 8, 2010 by way0utwest

A repost from SQLServerCentral.What would you like for Christmas? Hint, hint, a little visual imagery of the kind of prize that you just might win from Red Gate software next week. And just in time for Christmas! To celebrate the … Continue reading →

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Costing Cool Projects

Posted on December 8, 2010 by way0utwest

I ran across this article on how accounting can kill innovation, basically talking about the issues of applying our standard accounting rules and ROI calculations to innovative ideas. When an idea is too new, or too different, applying estimates of … Continue reading →

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T-SQL Tuesday #13 – What the Business Says Is Not What the Business Wants

Posted on December 7, 2010 by way0utwest

It’s time to wrap up T-SQL Tuesday for the year 2010 and I was invited to host his month’s blog party by Adam Machanic (Blog | Twitter). What’s T-SQL Tuesday? This monthly event is the brainchild of Adam, and you … Continue reading →

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