Category Archives: Editorial

Investing for AI

Posted on December 10, 2025 by way0utwest

The GenAI boom is growing like crazy. From hype to disasters to successes to investment to the embedding of GenAI tech into lots of products, it seems no one gets away from AI. My wife, kids, friends, they all talk … Continue reading →

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Your Security Checkup

Posted on December 8, 2025 by way0utwest

Recently I saw an article on Simple Talk, 15 Practical Tips for Securing SQL Server, and I thought that many of these are fairly simple things. Turn off unused features, disable sa, etc. These are things that a lot of … Continue reading →

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How Important Are Real Time Decisions?

Posted on December 5, 2025 by way0utwest

Imagine a perfect world? I have an AI agent that knows my business well. It’s getting real time input from sales, from customers, it makes amazing decisions. We get a large order? We need to ramp up production of our … Continue reading →

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SQL Server Licensing is Simple

Posted on December 3, 2025 by way0utwest

Over the years I’ve had no shortage of licensing questions for SQL Server. At times it’s felt a little crazy. Look at the licensing guide. Choose EE or SE and the number of cores. Then check if you’re using VMs. … Continue reading →

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