Databases for Executives
Data and databases are critical in today's world. Executives should understand that, and Steve has something you can pass along.
2024-10-28
168 reads
State of the Business
Under the Bus
Today Steve discusses a disturbing trend, where technical workers are being thrown under the bus by management.
2024-04-03
232 reads
“How do my peers do this?” The latest best practices for IT architects implementing a major business initiative
How do other architects solve the common problems they encounter when tasked with implementing a major new business initiative? We asked 9 of your fellow IT architects to tell us how they approach the most common challenges.
2023-11-20
2023-05-05
111 reads
What's a Lot of Money?
Handling a budget can be an interesting experience for many technical professionals. Today Steve wonders if you treat this differently than your budget at home.
2021-02-26
116 reads
Black Friday Wishes
Today Steve asks if there are things you might wish your employer would do for you this holiday season.
2020-11-27
103 reads
2020-10-10
139 reads
What Makes a Good Programmer
Are top notch programming skills innate or can they be learned? Janet Wong takes a look at the skills and capabilities of great programmers in this essay.
2008-05-15 (first published: 2007-07-03)
20,971 reads
The Role of the DBA Related to Insider Threats and Regulatory Complian
This article deals specifically with insider threats to IT describing how IT professionals are implementing the necessary products, policies, and procedures to reduce insider threats and provide the necessary reporting for regulatory compliance.
2007-01-24
2,933 reads
The Data Warehouse DBA
We have hosted a number of articles on various aspects of being a DBA, but we have usually focused on production or development DBA. New data warehousing DBA Janet Wong brings us a look at another type of DBA, the data warehouse DBA and the skills they need.
2006-12-14
9,693 reads
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Replacing a NULL II
What is returned from this code in SQL Server 2022?
DECLARE @value INT = NULL , @value2 VARCHAR(20) = NULL; SELECT COALESCE (@value, @value2, 100.5) AS Result; GOSee possible answers