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Your ORM and SELECT FOR UPDATE

If you use a programming language framework such as Django or Ruby on Rails, chances are you use an ORM to help you construct queries. What’s an ORM? If you’re…

SolarWinds Lab Episode 72: Two Geeks and a Goddess II: Azure the Easy Way

IT pros are discovering a smarter way to manage servers.​ In this episode, Microsoft Cloud advocate Phoummala Schmitt (@ExchangeGoddess), Head Geek™ and 10-year Microsoft MVP Thomas LaRock, and Head Geek…

Three Ways to Become Data-Centric

The conservation of quantum information is a theory that information can neither be created nor destroyed. Stephen Hawking used this theory to explain how a black hole does not consume…

Quantum Computing Will Put Your Data at Risk

“Too many secrets.” – Martin Bishop One of the pivotal moments in the movie Sneakers is when Martin Bishop realizes that they have a device that can break any encryption…

Why I’m Not Worried About Skynet

I’m 98% confident if you ask three data scientists to define Artificial Intelligence (AI), you will get five different answers. The field of AI research dates to the mid-1950s, and…

No, You Don’t Need a Blockchain

The hype around blockchain technology is reaching a fever pitch these days. Visit any tech conference and you’ll find more than a handful of vendors offering it in one form…

Don’t Get Bitten by Schrödinger’s Backup

There are two sayings you can find in virtually every article about data protection: “If your data doesn’t exist in at least two places, then it doesn’t exist,” and “If…

PostgresConf Silicon Valley

Did you miss us at PostgresConf Silicon Valley in San Jose? Have no fear! Here’s a sneak peek video of Baron Schwartz delivering his talk on database indexing: How to Index…

Do You Need an On-Prem Storage Vault?

Data protection has traditionally involved an on-prem storage vault, but as data protection solutions evolve, this requirement is becoming increasingly optional. On-prem storage vaults exist because if you do away…

A Million Little Things: Global Baselines

Baselines are one of my favorite topics, as setting them is one of the most important things you can do when measuring data. It should underpin everything that you do,…