I've heard some nonsensical marketing claims in my time but this one takes some beating: Digital data is now more vast than all the world’s oceans (there is 2.7 zetabytes of data on the planet versus the 1.37 zettalitres of seawater) http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/2013/feb13/02-13BigDataSolutions.aspx I could complain ...

At the PASS Summit, one of the most anticipated announcements was the release date, and marketing label, for SQL Server code-named ''Denali'' - the release date is ''first half of 2012'' (which probably means somewhere around June 25th), and the official name is SQL Server 2012. The logo was revealed on stage, and in a previous blog post, I ...

It seems like there is a widespread malaise in the country these days. Everyone's clamoring to cut taxes -but no one wants to have their neighborhood school closed, or fear bridges collapsing underneath them, or damage their automobiles while driving over deteriorating streets and roads. They expect Fire and Police personnel to magically appear ...