Tag Archives: Database Weekly

Evolving Our Tools

Posted on December 22, 2018 by way0utwest

This week the next preview version of SSMS v18 was released. This is the sixth preview release, and I’m guessing that this will be one of the last. Six seems like a lot of releases, and I’d like to think that … Continue reading →

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The Worst Data Breech

Posted on December 8, 2018 by way0utwest

I noticed this week that Australia passed a law that requires companies to hand over user information, even if encrypted. Quite a few articles that point out this might require backdoors to be created in communication systems to comply with the law. Companies are required to … Continue reading →

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Choosing a Career

Posted on November 24, 2018 by way0utwest

This was a short week in the US with the Thanksgiving holiday. This is a time when many people in the US have a long holiday weekend and often get together with family for some time away from work. It’s … Continue reading →

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The Data Industrial Complex

Posted on October 27, 2018 by way0utwest

At a keynote this week (video, transcript), Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, outlined some of the issues that we face in this world where technology is being used to gather, hoard, sell, and use tremendous amounts of data. He used … Continue reading →

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