Tag Archives: Database Weekly

Awareness

Posted on May 18, 2015 by way0utwest

How often have you been caught off guard by some issue with one of your databases? I would guess most people have received a phone call, email, or trouble ticket that alerts them to the fact that something has gone … Continue reading →

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The Devil’s in the Details

Posted on April 6, 2015 by way0utwest

This week I was scanning through a number of SQL Server posts (in between working on April Fool’s Jokes) and a couple of them caught my eye. They dealt with simple subjects, but subjects whose details are important. I’ve often … Continue reading →

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Which Problem Are You Solving?

Posted on January 25, 2015 by way0utwest

One of the problems I’ve seen for years in computing is people seeing the forest or the trees. Not that either is good or bad, but far too often I’ve run across people that only see one of these, meaning … Continue reading →

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Data Lakes

Posted on January 11, 2015 by way0utwest

I heard a new phrase this week: the data lake. It comes from a Radar Podcast episode where Edd Dumbill talks about data as an asset that should be exposed everywhere in an organization. There’s a blog post on the subject as well. The … Continue reading →

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