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</table>]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69453/</guid><pubDate>2010/02/03</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69453/</link></item><item><title>Coding By The Sea</title><description><![CDATA[An interesting experiment at Red Gate, Coding By the Sea, produced results, and Steve Jones thinks this could be a great idea for other companies.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69300/</guid><pubDate>2010/02/02</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69300/</link></item><item><title>Get In a Line</title><description><![CDATA[Steve Jones talks a little about disk alignment for your SQL Server instances. This is something that you might to check on your systems and see if you can improve performance.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69463/</guid><pubDate>2010/02/01</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69463/</link></item><item><title>Rotating Keys</title><description><![CDATA[This Friday's poll deals with security. Steve Jones asks how often you might rotate those encryption keys to ensure that your systems are secure.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69423/</guid><pubDate>2010/01/29</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69423/</link></item><item><title>Arrogance Has No Place in Security</title><description><![CDATA[Arrogance has no place in assessing threats and attempting to build security to mitigate them.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69422/</guid><pubDate>2010/01/28</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69422/</link></item><item><title>The Dying Administrator</title><description><![CDATA[Is the SAN administrator dying out as a job? Steve Jones comments on an article that suggests it might be.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69421/</guid><pubDate>2010/01/27</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69421/</link></item><item><title>The IT Explosion</title><description><![CDATA[So many people are joining the IT industry all the time and Steve Jones talks about the attitudes that they bring with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69344/</guid><pubDate>2010/01/26</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69344/</link></item><item><title>We'll go no more a' tibbling</title><description><![CDATA[Phil Factor points out the limitations and irritations of Hungarian Notation.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69385/</guid><pubDate>2010/01/25</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69385/</link></item><item><title>Forgetful Databases</title><description><![CDATA[Chris Massey gives a speedy book review, discusses the erosion of data privacy in the so-called Digital Age, and considers the implications for DBAs of a possible solution.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69381/</guid><pubDate>2010/01/22</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69381/</link></item><item><title>How Do You Handle the Stress of Being a DBA?</title><description><![CDATA[How do you deal with all the pressures, stress, and problems in being a DBA? Today we have a guest editorial from Brad McGehee that asks the question.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69327/</guid><pubDate>2010/01/21</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69327/</link></item><item><title>Help Others, Help Yourself</title><description><![CDATA[There is something to be said for helping others. However it isn't necessarily a selfless act. Guest writer Tim Mitchell talks a little about how helping others has helped him.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69301/</guid><pubDate>2010/01/20</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69301/</link></item><item><title>Perfect is the Enemy of Good</title><description><![CDATA[Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. We all would love to have perfect code, but is always worth the time? Andy Warren notes that cutting a corner or two might make sense at times.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69115/</guid><pubDate>2010/01/19</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69115/</link></item><item><title>Moving PASS</title><description><![CDATA[The PASS Summit has been held in Seattle for a number of years, but recently people have asked to move it somewhere else. Steve Jones talks a little about the issue.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69318/</guid><pubDate>2010/01/18</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69318/</link></item><item><title>The Price of SQL Server</title><description><![CDATA[SQL Server is an expensive product to license. Or is it? Steve Jones asks today if you feel it's expensive, and what price might you want to pay.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69313/</guid><pubDate>2010/01/15</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69313/</link></item><item><title>Dodge, Dip, Dive, Duck, and Dodge</title><description><![CDATA[Laptop issues have Steve Jones upset with Toshiba. Today he talks about the obligations companies have to stand behind their support agreements and not try to dodge them.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69302/</guid><pubDate>2010/01/14</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69302/</link></item><item><title>Why Can't We Go Backwards?</title><description><![CDATA[How many times have you wanted to restore a database to an earlier version? Today Steve Jones asks why can't we do this and includes a way for you to vote on this.<!-- Too many SQL Servers to keep up with? -->
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  <td><strong>Too many SQL Servers to keep up with?</strong><br /><a href="http://www.red-gate.com/products/SQL_Response/offers/too_many_servers.htm?utm_source=ssc&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=toomany200912&utm_campaign=sqlresponse">Download a free trial</a> of SQL Response to monitor your <br>SQL Servers in just one intuitive interface."The monitoring<br>in SQL Response is excellent." Mike Towery. </a><img src="/Images/spacer.gif?d=ad_olr1"/></td>
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</table>]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69276/</guid><pubDate>2010/01/13</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69276/</link></item><item><title>Goal Tuesday</title><description><![CDATA[Almost halfway into the first month of the new year, Steve Jones reminds us of the power of goals. Today he encourages you to set up your own goals for the coming year.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69246/</guid><pubDate>2010/01/12</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69246/</link></item><item><title>Do You Want to Learn a Thing or Two?</title><description><![CDATA[A list of books to read in any area from an expert can be invaluable in growing your skills. Steve Jones talks about one list from Paul Randal, former SQL Server developer.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69259/</guid><pubDate>2010/01/11</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69259/</link></item><item><title>Balancing the Message</title><description><![CDATA[How can we get information about new products, tools, and services in the Internet world? Steve Jones has a poll this Friday asking what ways you would like to interact with SQL Server vendors on the site.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69247/</guid><pubDate>2010/01/08</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69247/</link></item><item><title>Being Supportive</title><description><![CDATA[Steve Jones says we need to stick together in IT, at least from the perspective of the client. Otherwise we can all look bad as an industry.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69152/</guid><pubDate>2010/01/07</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69152/</link></item><item><title>Women in Technology</title><description><![CDATA[A guest editorial from Phil Factor today that points out some of the incredibly contributions by women in technology.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69018/</guid><pubDate>2010/01/06</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69018/</link></item><item><title>Slipping out of the DBA trenches</title><description><![CDATA[Today we have a guest editorial from Rodney Landrum who wonders how DBA Managers, removed from the front lines, can keep up to date and retain their edge. Is it inevitable that, slowly but inexorably, they will feel the 'blunting of the blade'?]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69205/</guid><pubDate>2010/01/05</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69205/</link></item><item><title>Be Prepared</title><description><![CDATA[Today we have a guest editorial from Grant Fritchey. The Boy Scouts motto is &quot;be prepared&quot; and most of you probably unconsciously follow that in your daily lives. Why is it that so many of us don't follow through on this same advice with our databases? Grant Fritchey gives a few examples of how you should &quot;be prepared&quot; for a database emergency.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69116/</guid><pubDate>2010/01/04</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69116/</link></item><item><title>Happy New Year 2010</title><description><![CDATA[The first day of 2010 has Steve Jones blooper reel in addition to some well wishes.]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69197/</guid><pubDate>2010/01/01</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69197/</link></item><item><title>A New Beginning</title><description><![CDATA[The end of another year has an early Friday poll this week from Steve Jones. What are you looking to do in 2010?]]></description><guid>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69153/</guid><pubDate>2009/12/31</pubDate><link>http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/69153/</link></item></channel></rss>
