John Dvorak wrote in PC Mag that the awkward and unexpected announcement by Ballmer coming right after the Big MSFT Reorg announcement might actually be a prelude to Microsoft breaking...

The other thing to consider with the compliance space is that it is a profit center for Audting companies. If someone is billing high hourly rates to ensure you...

Connect doesn't work and this is so obvious that I almost refrained from commenting as it's a waste of time.

Connect seems to me to be that classic failure of a...

How I got started with SQL Server?

I was a Sybase DBA and the company where I worked was conducting a physical audit and they were powering down physical machines in...

It's conventional wisdom and an accepted practice at a lot of shops that to install a Microsoft product before SP1 is foolish for production. Anyone who installs an RTM...

I guess I'm noisy. I don't really mean to be. Anyway, I used to love PASS and had a truly inspiring first PASS Summit in 2004. At one point I...