Seagull Management
Management is important to ensuring the success of a team. Steve talks about an anti-pattern that is often used by poor managers.
2024-04-22
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Management
Managing the Big Data Technical Staff
Big data is everywhere, and most large IT enterprises have installed one or more big data applications. These applications provide fast access to large stores of data, usually customer or sales data. Your technical staff that supports these applications and the systems that analyze and consume the data didn't exist ten years ago. Who are these new IT professionals, and how should you manage them?
2015-02-03
8,327 reads
Overcoming Proposal Objections
We have all had our innovative solutions and proposals shot down by leads, managers and directors. This article addresses some of the causes and tips to improving the success rate for getting your ideas into the priority list.
2014-12-05
116 reads
SQL Server Management Features vs Oracle Database Management Features
The usefulness and utility of the SQL Server Agent cannot be overstated. Oracle Database supports the automatic starting of an instance, so whatever is associated with the Oracle instance can also be started along with the instance. The same holds true with the SQL Server instance and its agent service.
2010-05-06
3,650 reads
How to Get Management Buy-In for Software purchases
There is a good chance that the process of purchasing software or hardware in your organization involves several people. DBAs will often initiate a request, but are not normally trained in the arts of influencing the management decision process to ensure that essentials get purchased. It is becoming essential to understand how to get Management support for software purchases. Dan offers nuggets of wisdom.
2009-03-11
2,005 reads
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The Backup File Extension
I run this command in SQL Server 2022. What is the extension of the backup file?
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