The 5 Database Design Process Failures You Don’t Want To Make

Recently I wrote about about five database design mistakes you don’t want to make. Those mistakes were focused on database design, but what about the design process itself? It is possible that you could have all intentions of a solid design only to be let down by your overall design process. Here are the five ways … Read more

Do You Make These 5 Database Design Mistakes?

Look, everyone makes mistakes. It’s true. But not all of us have the chance to make mistakes that end up costing millions of dollars in hardware and production support costs. Any one of the following five mistakes listed below will add additional costs to your company. It’s guaranteed. The costs could be hardware related (extra disk … Read more

7 Mistakes You Can’t Afford To Make When Upgrading to SQL 2012

It’s new, it’s shiny, and it smells like frozen yogurt. No, it’s not the blender you got for Christmas. It’s SQL 2012 (formerly known as codename ‘Denali’). And it’s here. And you want to use it, you know you do. As much as you would like to believe that migrating to SQL 2012 is as … Read more