Monthly Archives: February 2016

Data for Ransom

Posted on February 23, 2016 by way0utwest

Imagine you come into work and all of your database columns are encrypted. You have no idea what key was used, and your application can’t access the data. You receive a message that for a $100,000 payment, the decryption key … Continue reading →

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Adding Minutes in Excel

Posted on February 22, 2016 by way0utwest

A short one, but I found myself wasting time recently. I use an Excel sheet to schedule some items out each day. It’s not my choice to do this, but the service I use requires this to not manually set … Continue reading →

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Interesting Data Centers

Posted on February 22, 2016 by way0utwest

I’ve spent a couple decades in technology working with lots of companies. As an employee, a consultant, or a sales engineer, I’ve had the chance to visit quite a few data centers over the years, some of which were quite … Continue reading →

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Power BI Week

Posted on February 20, 2016 by way0utwest

This past week was T-SQL Tuesday #75, with the topic of Power BI. There were some interesting posts, and we’ve included a few in this week’s newsletter. This was also the week where the winners of the Power BI report contest were announced, … Continue reading →

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