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Cloud Computing Reference Architecture: Data Ingress and Storage Access: Buck Woody, Senior Technical Specialist on Windows Azure at Microsoft, describes how to create a centralized, off-premises (cloud-based) data store that provides flexibility, security, consistency, and guards against vendor lock-in.; Continue reading...; By Buck WoodyOct 24, 2012

Administering Storage, I/O, and Partitioning in Microsoft SQL Server 2012: This chapter focuses on the use and most effective configuration of storage components within a Database Engine instance of SQL Server 2012.; Continue reading...; By Ross MistrySep 27, 2012

Synchronization with Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services: Database administration expert Baya Dewald shows how built-in synchronization works and how it compares to other approaches for distributing the querying load across multiple hosts.; Continue reading...; By Baya DewaldFeb 21, 2012

Transact-SQL Improvements with SQL Server 2008, Part 2: Baya Dewald concludes this two-part series on Transact-SQL by discussing functions for grouping and table-valued parameters for passing multiple data rows to a stored procedure.; Continue reading...; By Baya DewaldOct 4, 2011

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InformIT's 17 Days of Giveaways

Get ready for a month full of giveaways. From July 9 through the end of the month, InformIT will be having 17 days of giveaways. Each week has a theme to make sure that there’s something YOU will be excited to win!

By Rachel BaylessCommentsJuly 3, 2012

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Careful with those NULLs: Many folks (including me) use NULL values in their databases. There's actually a bit of controversy on even having them - but I don't fall on the side of never using the. But you do need to exercise some care...; Continue reading...; By Buck WoodyCommentsOctober 13, 2010; Topics: SQL Server,Databases

The true value of conferences: I recently returned from the "SQLBits" conference in York, England. I met a lot of folks that I've seen before at other conferences, but I also met a fair amount that had not been to a SQL Server conference before.; Continue reading...; By Buck WoodyCommentsOctober 5, 2010; Topics: SQL Server,Databases

Finding Big Data: I get asked from time to time about locating "Big Data" - or large sets of data for an application.; Continue reading...; By Buck WoodyCommentsSeptember 16, 2010; Topics: SQL Server,Databases

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