Category Archives: Editorial

Do You Think About CheckDB?

Posted on June 4, 2020 by way0utwest

Many of you are administrators, maybe accidental ones, but you have some responsibility for ensuring your databases run smoothly. Part of ensuring this happens is monitoring resource usage, configuring security, and patching your system. However, the long term health of … Continue reading →

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Licensing Audit Advice

Posted on June 3, 2020 by way0utwest

I’ve never been through  a licensing audit at work, but I have been worried about them a few times in my career. A few bosses have warned me about them possibly coming. While I’ve tried to ensure that the organizations … Continue reading →

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Sabotage at Work

Posted on June 1, 2020 by way0utwest

I caught a link to the OSS’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual from David Perell. It was written as a guide to destroying organizations during WWII to be distributed to citizens of enemy states. The OSS later became the CIA, but … Continue reading →

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The Challenges of Working Under Quarantine

Posted on May 28, 2020 by way0utwest

It’s been nearly two months since the Redgate Software offices closed. I am not normally in the office, but I did cancel a trip that I normally would have taken to touch base with a number of teams. That’s a minor change … Continue reading →

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