Transparent Data Encryption and Backup Compression I was testing out some new SQL Server 2008 features recently: Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and Backup Compression. Both are new features in SQL ...

I remember a conversation I had at the Redmond campus with the program manager (at that time it was Paul Randall... now I think he goes by Paul Tripp, but all the same he's not a MS anymore.). Anyway ...

I still have a hard time getting jazzed about Katmai's backup compression. Again, it's probably because I've been using LiteSpeed for so long, and it's just not news anymore. Not to mention it still ...

OK, so it’s one week to Christmas and I have to resort to a holiday theme of some sort. Things are a bit laid back this year. Our family has resorted to the Secret Santa thing to reduce the number of ...