As SQL Server 2016 approaches end of support in July 2026, a look back at its groundbreaking innovations reveals how it reshaped Microsoft's data platform and why it's time to move forward.

SQL Server 2016 and Azure SQL Database both give you tables that automatically keep track of the history of your data. Here's how to retrieve that historical data. In an earlier column, I showed how ...

JSON has stolen some of XML's thunder with features such as human and machine readability, a lightweight, compact text structure and support for many software and hardware platforms. JSON (JavaScript ...

For most enterprise applications, vector support is a feature that should be woven into the existing data estate, not a ...

Let's break down when it's ideal to use the NOLOCK hint and when you should never use it. As a consultant, I work on wide swaths of database systems, which means I get to see many, many SQL statements ...

Progress Software Corporation ( PRGS) Discusses High-Performance Multi-Database Connectivity and WinSQL Features May 7, 2026 1:00 PM EDT ...

AI agents promise to transform business workflows, but their effectiveness depends on secure, reliable access to enterprise data. In this episode of DEMO, Keith Shaw speaks with Mike Albritton, Senior ...

Microsoft’s Azure-based AI development and deployment platform shines with a strong selection of models and agent types and ...

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Personal Data Servers are the persistent data stores of the Bluesky network. It houses a user's data, stores credentials, and if a user is kicked off the Bluesky network the Personal Data Server admin ...