Monthly Archives: May 2019

SQL in the City Christchurch–June 7

Posted on May 9, 2019 by way0utwest

I’m going to New Zealand for SQL in the City Christchurch on June 7. It’s a day before SQL Saturday #831 – South Island. Take two days and get lots of Database DevOps and SQL Server training for a very … Continue reading →

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The Death of the GDPR

Posted on May 9, 2019 by way0utwest

When I first heard of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, I was disheartened. It sounds like another over reaction by politicians to a crisis that would create lots of work for companies. At the time I was working for a software vendor … Continue reading →

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Default Backups and Feature Awareness

Posted on May 8, 2019 by way0utwest

Have you ever been asked a question about your software and thought that the person was asking about an obvious feature? Perhaps someone has suggested a feature to you and you answered that this was already in the product. Did … Continue reading →

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A Double Failure

Posted on May 7, 2019 by way0utwest

Update: Perhaps not, as Evisort dispute any customer data was exposed and they’ve updated security. Every server ought to have a password. Every one. It’s 2019, and apparently that advice hasn’t sunken in. I still can’t believe there are people … Continue reading →

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