When a user with the Browser role added a subscription, it would fail when sending an email.I recently had this issue with SSRS Subscriptions in SQL 2008 R2. My initial search landed me in an MSDN article that seemed to be telling me:If you are using an SMTP server or forwarder that uses e-mail accounts that are different from the domain user account, the report delivery will fail when the SMTP server tries to deliver the report to that user.Based on this, I submitted this information to our network guys to make sure this wasn't the issue (as I don't manager our... [Read More]

SSD = Solid State DriveIf you know anything about computers, you know that hard drives are moving the way of the SSD and the rest of your storage is going to the cloud (unless you need a ton of store for some reason).The change is happening because of speed. Hard drives contain a lot of small moving parts which cause them to be slower by their very nature. Where as an SSD is more like the RAM that is in your computer. Wiki gives a good comparison of the two but the biggest drawback of an SSD is that it doesn't hold as much information.Now,... [Read More]

Last weekend, I had the privilege to be on a Math and Computer Science panel at my alma mater Berea College. It was an honor to be among students, past professors, and peers as well as chosen to be part of such a panel. I graduated with an independent major in Computer and Information Science (CIS) in 2006. Since then, the program has more than doubled but I found that there still seems to be a lack of direct knowledge that translates to the work force. What I mean by this is that while students are taught to think in... [Read More]