Speed of Trust from Agile

Nov. 20, 2013 by

I recently read The Speed of Trust. This book explains why trust within an organisation and with external parties is a key differentiator and source of competitive advantage. Covey explains

Freedom from Capital

Nov. 14, 2013 by

One of the wonderful aspects of building software is that there are few limits to your imagination. You can create almost anything. The only limit that I regularly encounter is

Kill and Shutdown in SQL Server

Oct. 25, 2013 by

I’ve recently had some trouble with SQL Server Integration Services behaving badly. SSIS manages its own memory use, and ordinarily does a good job. By throttling inputs SSIS can run

Better T-SQL cursor loops

Oct. 10, 2013 by

I’m going to begin by saying that you should always use set based operations instead of loops when set based operators are an option. If you don’t understand that please

SQL 2014 is coming! – Tech Ed 2013

Sep. 20, 2013 by

SQL 2014 fundamentally reshapes the database world, but Microsoft is being far too modest with their marketing.  Officially, Microsoft is saying that Column Store Indexes can now be clustered.  Under