Check out my new Tool Time column in this month's SQL Server Magazine. It features some great new PowerShell scripts and information from Chad Miller (blog) who I had the pleasure to meet in person back in October of this year while speaking at the SQL Server of central Florida and at SQL Saturday #21. In addition, I'd like to point out a free utility called PowerGUI. If you're like me, the last thing you have time for is learning a new code like PowerShell. So I copped out and got the next best alternative to real code, the fancy and pretty drag-n-drop interface of PowerGUI. (Full … [Read more...]
Archives for December 14, 2009
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Filed Under: SQLServerPedia Syndication, Tool Time Tagged With: CodePlex, SQLMag, Tools & Scripts
Data Deduplication Technology – New Article on DBTA
I've been seeing more and more questions from customers about data deduplication technologies. I guess that's because I can't open a blog, website, or email related to technology without some vendor or another pushing the wonders of data deduplication. Consequently, I thought I'd take a few minutes to describe what the technology is all about. I'll sum up my thoughts on the the value of deduplication technology by saying "It depends". Read my article entry at Database Trends & Applications magazine here. If someone in your company is pushing you to examine this very expensive … [Read more...]
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