Tag Archives: Database Weekly

Regrets of the Last Decade

Posted on December 16, 2013 by way0utwest

Microsoft was never an exciting company to me as a kid. I grew up excited by Commodore with their GEOS, early Atari computers and consoles, and the original Macintosh computer. I was fascinated by Sun and Silicon Graphics workstations, running X … Continue reading →

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Achieve Better Performance

Posted on July 1, 2013 by way0utwest

One of the hottest topics at most every SQL Server event I attend is performance. The sessions that talk about improving performance through various means are well attended, and that tells me a few things. One is this is an … Continue reading →

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State of the Cloud

Posted on May 5, 2013 by way0utwest

Microsoft has joined the billion dollar club. For Azure, that is. They announced that this platform and service will generate a billion dollars in revenue. It’s been growing, and at least one analyst expects the revenue to double annually. Profit is … Continue reading →

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The Memory Cube

Posted on April 7, 2013 by way0utwest

How would you like memory in your SQL Server that’s 15 times as fast as your current DDR3 DRAM? I know I would, and since memory is often one of the things that can dramatically speed up, or hinder, SQL … Continue reading →

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