Monthly Archives: April 2016

Backups Over Time

Posted on April 22, 2016 by way0utwest

I’ve written about backups at various times, including responsibility, problems with systems, and home protection. This is a subject that is important to me, as I consider the responsibility for protecting data to be first and foremost. Security, performance and … Continue reading →

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Promotions and Conflicts of Interest

Posted on April 21, 2016 by way0utwest

I noticed my co-worker, friend, and PASS board member, Grant Fritchey, posted a note on members of the PASS Board of Directors (BoD) presenting pre-cons at SQL Saturday events. It’s potentially a legal issue, and conflict of interest. I’m glad … Continue reading →

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Guess the RTM Build

Posted on April 21, 2016 by way0utwest

I’m going to take a page from Joey D’Antoni and start a contest. We’ve gotten quite a few releases of SQL Server 2016, including now 4 Release Candidates (RC). RC3 was released recently, and noted as being feature complete. I … Continue reading →

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Crack that Encrypted Data

Posted on April 19, 2016 by way0utwest

Ransomware appears to be gaining some traction as a new trend. For awhile in my career, it was virus programs designed to send to all your contacts. Then it was infections to use your computer as part of a bot … Continue reading →

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