The 2010 MVP Summit took place last week on the Microsoft campus in Redmond. I arrived on Tuesday, barely making it out ahead of a snowstorm. I missed out on some sessions on Monday and Tuesday, having made my plans before any extra sessions were announced. When I got into town I couldn’t find any [...]
Thirty Years Ago Today…
This afternoon marks the 30th anniversary of the “Miracle on Ice” hockey game between Team USA and the USSR. I have blogged about the event previously, reflecting upon some recent trips I have made to Lake Placid, NY.
Last night I witnessed an incredible game as well. No, it was not even close to the drama [...]
Transparent Data Encryption Considerations
I was spending some time recently looking over Transparent Data Encryption (TDE). TDE is a fairly straightforward concept: the data on disk is encrypted (data files, log files, backup files), but to the end user no special decryption method is necessary to query the data. If you have permissions to read the data (say, as [...]
Voting Poll Is Open
The voting poll is officially open for the DBA Survivor “Name That Caption Contest“. Head over to http://dbasurvivor.com and pick up to three of the five captions. The top three captions will go into the final round, which consists of me choosing the one I like best.
Thanks to everyone that submitted entries. These five were [...]
Welcome Andy Leonard!
Just wanted to drop a quick note to say that I have added Andy Leonard to the ‘model’ list of bloggers. In the past few months his posts have struck a chord with me. They probably resonate even more because after the last Summit Andy and I were able to pass time between flights together. [...]
Presenting Tonight to Columbus
Actually, it is more like I am presenting for the C-Bus UG, since I will not physically be at the Kid’s Battle in C-Bus when the talk is given. And the idea that kid’s are going to be fighting during my talk seems distracting, not to mention it makes C-Bus seem a little violent. So, [...]