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This and Last Night were the best Kid N Play songs. They were all well before House Party, House Party 2, House Party3, and House Party 4. - Eric @ CS Techcast via Bookmarklet

SSIS is a pretty useful tool for designing ETL processes. One of the transformations I was disappointed with in 2005 was the lookup. I found it a little better than the lookup functionality in DTS, but not too much better. Well, Microsoft must have read my mind because SQL Server 2008 has a new shiny Lookup transformation that is, in my opinion, much improved. In 2005, the lookup had cache options, but they were really heavy handed. And you could deal with a lookup not finding a match by using the error output, but then how would you know the difference between a non-match and a real error? Let's start with the cache. There are now three cache options and two choices for your cache source. Full Cache - This will load the entire reference dataset into memory before the first lookup is performed. This can be very efficient for small tables, but think what would happen if your lookup table was a few GB in size….that's a lot to load into cache. Partial Cache - This is probably what most... - Eric @ CS Techcast

SSIS is a pretty useful tool for designing ETL processes. One of the transformations I was disappointed with in 2005 was the lookup. I found it a little better than the lookup functionality in DTS, but not too much better. Well, Microsoft must have read my mind because SQL Server 2008 has a new shiny Lookup transformation that is, in my opinion, much improved. In 2005, the lookup had cache options, but they were really heavy handed. And you could deal with a lookup not finding a match by using the error output, but then how would you know the difference between a non-match and a real error? Let's start with the cache. There are now three cache options and two choices for your cache source. Full Cache - This will load the entire reference dataset into memory before the first lookup is performed. This can be very efficient for small tables, but think what would happen if your lookup table was a few GB in size….that's a lot to load into cache. Partial Cache - This is probably what most... - Eric @ CS Techcast

"Zoho Projects 2.0 adds messaging and collaboration functionality to the project management suite. The suite is a cloud computing package delivered via the Internet, competing with software from Microsoft, Intuit and startups such as LiquidPlanner and Clarizen at a time when managing projects online has become a popular practice." - Eric @ CS Techcast via Bookmarklet

Exciting only to sys admins. Even then. - Eric @ CS Techcast via Bookmarklet

"When it first came out, the blue-and-silver "TPS-L2" cost $200. And before the Japanese-made English word 'Walkman' took hold, it was originally called the 'Soundabout' in the U.S., "Stowaway" in England, and "Freestyle" in Australia. The TPS-L2 came with a matching blue flip-open case and lightweight headphones that didn't resemble Princess Leia's hair buns (as most headphones of that era did)." - Eric @ CS Techcast via Bookmarklet

Just about the time this came out, Toshiba also released a portable player that also included an FM Tuner cartridge (that fit in the cassette bay and used alternate contacts rather than the tape head) and a rather unique "talk" button and mic that would allow you to hear ambient sounds without taking off the headphones. All that, and it was even $20 cheaper than the Walkman. Of course, in 1979 and right out of high school, $180 was close to my weekly take-home, but it was SO WORTH IT!! - ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ

I had many portable players, but never a Sony branded model. The best was a Aiwa model I believe. It had everything down to noise reduction and in-ear headphones and it was as small as you could make them. - Eric @ CS Techcast

O.M.G. - Eric @ CS Techcast via Bookmarklet

She's pop country I guess. Teen country? - Eric @ CS Techcast

Don't ask me why. - Eric @ CS Techcast via Bookmarklet

Okay, this is coming from someone who had a kid's tastebuds at the time: I liked it. In retrospect, I realize I liked it because I hated thin-n-crispy bacon, and that's all my mom ever made. Sizzlean was the closest thing to thick-cut bacon in my world. I probably couldn't make it through a whole piece today, but it was awesome during that time period. - Roger Benningfield

We are back with another episode of the podcast for IT pros at CStechcast.com. This week the topic is open source infrastructure and how it applies in the enterprise with Frank Wiles of Revolution Systems. Find more information on Frank and his company at revsys.com. In the news, Microsoft announces pricing for Windows 7, Intel puts out updated compilers, bad hiring is losing money, and Bing still can't compete with Google. MySpace takes the social out of their business with their treatment of layed-off employees making "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at how you can bridge into the cloud from traditional applications, and get guidance on which Windows Perfmon counters to use when troubleshooting memory problems with "The Weekly Tech Tip". This week's episode is sponsored by: Consortio Services, a quality partner that can help you manage your IT. Links to stories and sites discussed in the show: Microsoft Windows 7 Push Includes Price Cuts, Additional Vista... - Eric @ CS Techcast

For Bing, they only have hope. Seriously, anything can happen, but they are pushing like crazy for adoption and I am not seeing much traction. At least they have a service most people seem to enjoy using. That is a far cry from the reaction to Live.com. So, better than last year. - Eric @ CS Techcast

A Public Service Announcement from Eric. *ding ding diiiing* - Josh Haley

I'm going to need a chart to keep up w/ this. - Ayşe E.

We are back with another episode of the podcast for IT pros at CStechcast.com. This week the topic is open source infrastructure and how it applies in the enterprise with Frank Wiles of Revolution Systems. Find more information on Frank and his company at revsys.com. In the news, Microsoft announces pricing for Windows 7, Intel puts out updated compilers, bad hiring is losing money, and Bing still can't compete with Google. MySpace takes the social out of their business with their treatment of layed-off employees making "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at how you can bridge into the cloud from traditional applications, and get guidance on which Windows Perfmon counters to use when troubleshooting memory problems with "The Weekly Tech Tip". This week's episode is sponsored by: Consortio Services, a quality partner that can help you manage your IT. - Eric @ CS Techcast

"One of the security professional's greatest challenges is to keep the organization's most sensitive data out of harm's way. When it comes to the huge volumes of information stored in databases, however, that's no simple task. Protecting sensitive information means finding it and securing it in any location, from corporate headquarters to branch locations to mobile devices. Such data isn't always easy to locate -- it may be stored in a variety of formats, from the small SQL files on the CFO's laptop to the enormous databases that contain critical inventories or customer information. Frequently, databases hold the "crown jewels" of the organization -- the largest and most mission-critical data. This means that a database breach can have serious consequences, whether it comes from an employee with authorized access or from a hacker who comes in via vulnerabilities in poorly-written Web applications that are linked to the database. Complying with regulations like PCI DSS or SOX has... more... - Eric @ CS Techcast via Bookmarklet