I have put this list together a couple times over the years. This one is adapted from one I did for a client several years ago. This particular client had a lot of .NET programmers who had been pressed into double duty as database programmers. I have seen these types of things in many different …
Bernie’s List of Frequently Observed DB Performance Issues Read More »
As I prepared to re-enter the market as an BI consultant I started reading articles about all things IT especially database and BI related. I was reading an article about the lack of version control systems in many IT shops. The author was saying that to his amazement so many companies still go without a …
Basic Configuration Management Tools for (almost) free Read More »
A new product offering from Snowflake Computing (Snowflake.net) has the promise to be a game changer in the the cloud data warehouse space. With some clients easily reaching an 80% reduction in cost to maintain the same or better SLA’s, we need to be looking at this product closely. Built from scratch on top of …
Snowflake – Will it give Hadoop a run for the money? Read More »
While networking recently, I was having a drink with a fellow data architect and dare I say friend, Bob Conway. During the conversation while discussing some of the impractical things clients sometimes think they want us to do, Bob reminded me of Will Smith’s means and will test. This triggered a flood of memories, nostalgic …
