In every organization there is a hidden currency more valuable than capital, more enduring than strategy, and more transformative than…
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Slack is a popular tool for team interaction. To describe it quickly, it’s a feature-rich persistent chat room, with threads,…
Change is not a disruption in technology; it is the rhythm. New frameworks appear, markets shift, customer expectations evolve, and…
I saw an article recently about implicit transactions and coincidentally, I had a friend get caught by this. A quick…
I’m starting a long trip at Boston this weekend. I’ll be there Saturday speaking, two sessions I think. At least…
I have also witnessed what happens when organizations try to shortcut these foundational steps. The damage is predictable and costly: User…
Not long ago, a colleague of mine was completely shocked when he first heard about SQL Server’s Batch Mode feature. His immediate reaction was: “Wait,…
A customer wanted a report they could email to their boss about jobs, something that showed failures. This isn’t hard…
Do you know if your SQL Server is really running at its best? To help you answer that question, I’ve…
You can find the slides of my session on the €100 DWH in Azure on Github. The post Retro Data…