Tag Archives: sql server

Servicing SQL Server in the Future

Posted on January 28, 2014 by way0utwest

Service Packs have become the way that many of us patch the various Microsoft products we use. Many administrators find patching to be time consuming and difficult to justify, even for security patches, and as a result, often wait for … Continue reading →

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Common Checks

Posted on January 24, 2014 by way0utwest

One of the things that I recommend to DBAs is that as they write code to solve problems, they write some sort of check to catch future potential occurrences of the issue. For example, I worked with a product years … Continue reading →

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Looking to 2014

Posted on January 2, 2014 by way0utwest

It’s amazing to think that 2014 is already here. We’re 13 years past the fictional 2001 and now 4 years after the 2010 movie sequel. I’d still guess that those movies should have been set another 100 years into the future, given where we are … Continue reading →

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2013 in Review

Posted on December 31, 2013 by way0utwest

Last year I took a few guesses about 2013. I was right about smartphones, and encryption has slowly become more important late in 2013. BYOD has become a hot topic that continues to be a problem, but I think most companies are … Continue reading →

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