AI/ML- Death of the Database? Long Live the Database!
One undeniable truth is that we often lean towards what’s familiar to us. Open-source solutions might be cost-effective and supported
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Making Technology Bulletproof
New SQL Server and Oracle Cloud White Papers on Github!
I’ve been pretty busy with work and travel, but I finally got an official Silk Github repository to publish a
Read MoreFeature Fails of the Week- Mobile LinkedIn with AI
It happens, someone has a good idea and unfortunately, theory is better than reality and it just creates more frustration
Read MoreSilk Sync, August 2023
Here is what’s going on for me at Silk for the month of August! I’ve served in the role as
Read MoreGenerating Test Data With ChatGPT
I attended a presentation by Paul Turley on Microsoft Fabric this week and was fascinated when he told me he’d
Read MoreFive Years at Microsoft and Next Adventures
Five years? Really? Yes, it’s been five years since I joined Microsoft and I can honestly say, it’s been a
Read MoreStabilizing Migrations to the Cloud with SQL Baselines
I had a customer who needed to know how to retain performance after migrating to the cloud for SQL execution
Read MoreChatGPT- Building Out Oracle with Templates and Ansible for a DataGuard Environment
This is a continuation of the evolution of AI with ChatGPT and how much it can be leveraged, allowing me
Read MoreChatGPT – Oracle Deployment in Azure via Azure CLI
I always like to start with something easy, or at least easy for me… 🙂 ChatGPT, using GPT4 is moving
Read MoreChatGPT- My First Post About AI in Real IT
Considering my title on LinkedIn says I’m the RDBMS Dinosaur Farmer, you might be surprised to see a blog post
Read MoreUpcoming Webinars, Panels and Yes, IN PERSON EVENT!!
Did I really say that I would be presenting somewhere IN PERSON?? I’m actually coming out of hibernation and thinking
Read MoreThe Well-Architected Framework for Oracle is NOW LIVE!
*Previously posted on the Data Architecture Blog in the Microsoft Tech Community. The Well-Architected Framework for Oracle has been published!
Read MoreIOPs is Overrated
*Previously posted on the Data Architecture Blog for the Tech Community. IOPs is Overrated, yeah, I said it. How many
Read MoreAddressing Oracle Redo Latency with Ultra Disk
*Previously posted on the Microsoft Data Architecture Blog for the Tech Community. An enterprise cloud, like Azure, handles an incredible
Read MoreRecommendations for Oracle 19c Patches in Azure
*Previously posted on the Microsoft Data Architecture Blog for the Tech community. Oracle 19c is the terminal release for Oracle
Read MoreThe Importance of Proximity Placement Groups for Oracle multi-tier systems in Azure
*Previously posted on the Data Architecture Blog for the Microsoft Tech Community. Oracle is a unique, high IO, workload beast,
Read MoreUsing Oracle AWR and Infra Info to Give Customers Complete Solutions to Performance Problems
*Previously posted on the Microsoft Data Architecture Blog for the Microsoft Tech Community. One of the best allocations of an
Read MoreOracle Licensing in Azure for Virtual Machines- Sales vs. Reality
*Posted previously on the Data Architecture Blog for the Microsoft Tech Community. This post will address an ongoing licensing myth
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