Category: sql server

Reflections, not resolutions

I’ve seen a few notes from people, lamenting the absolute and complete loss of their new year’s resolutions for 2020. “Spend more time traveling!” Yeah, not so much. “Hang out with friends every week!” Ooh, no, no no no. “Take up a new hobby!” Does watching The Great British Baking Show all the way through […]

PASS Virtual Summit 2020 #PASSSummit

(Introductory note: it’s been so long since I blogged, I couldn’t remember my login. Yeesh.) Hello and welcome, y’all, to the 2020 PASS Virtual Summit! If you’re not signed up, and it’s before 11/14/2020, you’re not too late! Register today and you’ll have access to a holy crapton of recorded sessions and slide decks! Is […]

Prevent the next data breach – a MinionWare snippet

Dozens of major data breaches have occurred in the last fifteen years. Each one illustrates the massive cost – both in dollars and in reputation – of lax security. Consider: Uber in 2016 – Hackers downloaded more than 25 million drivers’ and customers’ personal information; the cover-up and resulting claims alone cost $148 million. Equifax […]