Monthly Archives: September 2013

Backups, Encryption and Branding in San Diego

Posted on September 16, 2013 by way0utwest

This weekend is SQL Saturday #249 in San Diego. I’m looking forward to the trip for a few reasons, but mostly because I used to live in the Northern San Diego area and love going back to spend time near … Continue reading →

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If we can do it, so can you

Posted on September 16, 2013 by way0utwest

We hear constantly about the benefits, and potential pitfalls of cloud based applications. There are certainly reasons to move to the cloud, or stay away, depending on your particular situation and requirements. However one thing I hadn’t thought was viable … Continue reading →

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Risk and Assumptions

Posted on September 13, 2013 by way0utwest

Today’s editorial was originally released on Jan 22, 2009. It is being re-published as Steve is on vacation. I was reading Buck Woody’s blog the other day and he had a post on Risk where he quoted Warren Buffet: “Risk comes … Continue reading →

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Versions of Disaster

Posted on September 12, 2013 by way0utwest

Today’s editorial was originally released on Jan 13, 2009. It is being re-run as Steve is on vacation. I wrote about versioning of old software recently and how I had to restore an old version of SQL Server in response to a … Continue reading →

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