How secure are your databases? No, not your network. Just your databases. If your company is like most, the strongest security has been placed around the outside of your network, at the perimeter. Not all threats come through the front door, though. An increasing number of breaches occur because a hacker found a way around the perimeter […]
Foundations Friday starts now
Earlier this month, my friend Tim Ford (b|t) proposed an idea: A 2016 challenge to technical bloggers: 1 introductory level blog per month… #mvpbuzz https://t.co/BQ4T6U6zbg — Tim Ford (@sqlagentman) December 28, 2015 I think this is a fantastic idea. The hardest part of beginning anything is that we usually don’t know what questions to ask. […]
New Year, New Look, New Focus
Happy New Year, and welcome back! One of the projects I undertook over the holidays was to give the site a facelift. I didn’t follow my original plan, but I definitely like the way it turned out. I hope you like it as much as I do. Another of my holiday projects was to resuscitate […]
[T-SQL Tuesday] Data modeling: The trouble with prefixes
This month, Mickey Stuewe (b|t) hosted T-SQL Tuesday, giving us a topic of “data modeling gone wrong“. This is a fantastic topic – there are just so many ways that data modeling can go wrong, even by experienced pros – that I wanted to chime in, even though I wasn’t able to get a post written by […]
SQLNewBlogger, Week 3
I have a confession to make: I haven’t been writing much this week. Last weekend, I didn’t feel well and didn’t do much of anything. This week, I’ve been buried in work and didn’t have time. Because of those, I missed Tuesday’s post, and I don’t have a writing prompt or a recap ready for […]