I think the rational thing to do is determine what apps, data, and infrastructure is strategic and what isn't. Risk management (not just security considerations) should guide the decision making...

Relatively speaking these are the more interesting things I'm working on right now.

1) Finishing a PoSh based solution for running DBCC CheckDB against all of our backups each...

I'd recommend some kind of meditation. If you're looking for something different (as opposed to the tradition Eastern techniques) you could try an old European version of it and read...

I use the 'loo', the 'el bano', the commode if you will... seriously. It seems no problem cannot be solved in that noxious crucible of tile and porcelain. Solutions that...

I'm a late adopter of PoSh and I also kinda shrugged when I first played with it years ago. I'm drinking the Kool - Aid now though. For example,  I've...

Regarding PoSh...I've come to have a healthy respect for this devil magic. It really has extended my solution options. I have also come up against what you described as cultural...

Great article. We're much more likely to be done in by ignorance and apathy than a savvy attack or meteor strike.

What **** are you talking about? Your emotions aren't a considered factor in my pursuit of the technical truth. I've a passion for critical thinking and it is just that...

Many years ago I had to sit next to an insufferable know-it-all (who really didn't know anything) so I made it my goal to have him call our Help Desk...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (6/10/2016)

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After writing this, I had a great conversation with someone that also mentioned we should think about bots. AI-like, or maybe scripted agents that interact...

A few years ago we were out to dinner with some old friends from California and my wife's friend's husband turns to me and informs me that a glass of...

Note to CEO's (or to whom it may concern): if your whiz marketing team comes to you with their brilliant idea of trying to 'piggyback' or 'leverage' a technical acronym...

J DBA (6/1/2016)

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tindog (6/1/2016)

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cad.delworth (6/1/2016)

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Just the smell of coffee makes me want to vomit (literally).

Any workplace that has a coffee machine dominating it, is somewhere I will definitely NEVER take...

Mmmm ... coffee... the nectar of invention ... what do you think fueled the European Enlightenment or the Web? 😉

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Room_coffee_pot

Seriously though, free coffee (and tea) and a...

girishpillai (5/6/2016)

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I think this is the old way of thinking. In a Cloud world you "SHOULD NEVER" have to think about the underlying hardware. With all of the capabilities current...