Most SQL Server customers use tempdb a lot. But you might not realize that heavy use of tempdb can cause resource-allocation contention and result in potentially serious performance problems. I recently ran across a Microsoft Knowledge Base...
Three weeks ago, I mentioned in a news story (see the URL below) that Microsoft had released a copy of its Security Rollup Package 1 (SRP1) for Windows XP to beta testers. Late last week, the company released the package to the public, but under a...
SQL Server's long-awaited next release, code-named Yukon, is scheduled to ship in late 2004. As you might expect in a version that has been in development for more than 3 years, Microsoft has added many new features to its flagship database...
If I told you that this year, sales for my new product line totaled $1 million, would you say that's good or bad? Without understanding how that number fits in with the rest of my business, you don't know. If you knew how other product lines were...