Just wanted to let you know that a TechNet Radio episode and interview I did about cloud computing is now live on TechNet Edge. It was the featured spot on Thursday, June 3rd and is also featured on the TechNet homepage. I've been trying to wear more of an analyst's hat these days, so this webcast has a lot of my "deep thinking" on issues related to cloud computing - hopefully at a higher level of quality that Jack Handy. A salient point that I think many analysts are overlooking is the changing nature of data as it exists in the cloud. For decades, data has primarily been about people … [Read more...]
Live! TechNet Radio: Microsoft Cloud Services – SQL Azure
Filed Under: Administration, On-Line Resources, Opinion, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Trends Tagged With: cloud computing, DBA, FutureWatch, news analysis, SQL Azure, SQL Server 2008 R2, TechNet
[OT] When Does Media Content -Truly- Become Public Domain?
I've always been intrigued by our process for allowing creative content, such as songs or movies, to become public domain. A common usage for public domain might be to create a short family video and, seeking a peppy and familiar piece of background music, you settle on "The Entertainer", by Scott Joplin. (If you've never heard of it, listen here. You'll recognize it.) Since the music is past the 75 year limit of copyright protection, it is now public domain - meaning that you don't have to pay or seek permission to use it for your family home video. Now, it seems that many old media … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Ethics, Opinion, Trends Tagged With: Creativity, Digital Media, FutureWatch, news analysis, Society, Writing
2009: The Year in List Form
Before I jump onto the Goals and Themeword meme started by my buddy, Thomas LaRock (blog | twitter), I decided I'd spend a few minutes looking back on both the year 2009. (From a personal standpoint, the 00's were my most difficult decade yet. Major problems of every stripe beset me on all sides and with alarming frequency throughout the decade. I was all "Good Riddance" and "Don't let the door hit y'ass on the way out, 2009!" as the ball dropped in Times Square.) Rather than spend a lot of time cooking up my own top 10 lists, I reckoned (that's Southern for "thought", btw) I'd recap a … [Read more...]
Filed Under: On-Line Resources, Opinion, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Trends Tagged With: Humor, news analysis, Performance, Tools & Scripts, Transact-SQL Programming
Sequels for SQL: Dec 17, 2009
In the Sequels for SQL series, I point you to sites where you can go beyond the nose-to-the-grindstone resources that we see every day as SQL Server professionals. (My favorite resource for pan-SQL Server pointers is Steve Jone's Database Weekly email newsletter.) These are the story that comes after and outside (the sequels) of our daily working lives (the other SQL). Let's broaden our horizons together. If you hit on an interesting but overlooked topic, I'd like to hear from you. SQL Server: We live it. We love it. When Jimmy May talks, I listen. Not just because he's a personal … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Administration, Cool Technologies, Gov2.0, Hardware, On-Line Resources, Opinion, Professional Development, Seven Sequels, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Trends Tagged With: DBA, FutureWatch, Gadgets, Humor, news analysis, Performance, Professional Development, Society, WorldView
The Sequels for SQL Server: The Week of November 27, 2009
Just as an FYI, I've added one new slide deck and webcast to http://KevinEKline.com/Slides/, as well as quite a few upcoming user group events where I'm speaking in http://KevinEKline/Upcoming-Events/. I'm starting a new series called Sequels for SQL Server. In this series, I point you to sites where you can go beyond the nose-to-the-grindstone resources that we see every day as SQL Server professionals. These are the story that comes after and outside (the sequels) of our daily working lives (the other SQL). Let's broaden our horizons together. If you hit on an interesting but … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Cool Technologies, On-Line Resources, Opinion, Professional Development, Seven Sequels, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Trends Tagged With: Devices, FutureWatch, Gadgets, Humor, news analysis, Performance, Professional Development, Society, WorldView
Anniversary at Database Trends & Applications Magazine
I was happy to hear that the magazine Database Trends and Applications had recently relaunched their website. While I'd been a columnist there for a quite a while, I'd never been able to easily find my own articles nor check to see if they'd generated any interest. DBTA has changed all of that with their relaunch. I was also surprised, upon closer examination, that I'd been writing there for more than a year. Check to see if any of these articles are of interest to you. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Security as an Afterthought Issue: November 2009 The Big Keep Getting Bigger … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Conferences, Opinion, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Trends Tagged With: DBA, news analysis, SQLPASS
Clash of the Clouds
The Economist, my favorite news and analysis magazine, published an outstanding briefing and analysis on the coming wars of ascendancy between the major vendors of cloud computing technology and services. When a technological shift bubbles up into the mainstream news media, the technology has gone through a significant, society-altering right of passage. As technologists, we all know that the "outside world" doesn't really get what we do. It doesn't click for grandma that you're doing difficult and important work because it's hard to wrap your head around low-level technological work. And, … [Read more...]
Filed Under: On-Line Resources, Opinion, SQLServerPedia Syndication, TCD blog post, Trends Tagged With: cloud computing, news analysis
