--- title: The Coeo Blog | Dan Jackson description: The latest updates from Coeo on retail, gaming, finance and the Microsoft data platform --- [![](https://www.coeo.com/wp-content/themes/coeo/images/logo.svg)](https://www.coeo.com/) +44 (0)20 3051 3595 | [info@coeo.com](mailto:info@coeo.com) | [Client portal login](https://my.coeo.com) # The Coeo Blog ## Dan Jackson ![](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/DanJacksonCircleLow.jpg) ### Recent Posts ## [Why You Should Care About Artificial Intelligence: A Bedtime Story](https://blog.coeo.com/why-you-should-care-about-artificial-intelligence) Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning are everywhere; this short tale aims to demonstrate why you should care and why you should be looking into the opportunities they offer. [![Dan Jackson](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/DanJacksonCircleLow.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/why-you-should-care-about-artificial-intelligence) [Dan Jackson](https://blog.coeo.com/author/dan-jackson) | April 14 , 2021 ## [Is your transaction as lonely as you think? A cheat sheet for isolation levels in SQL Server](https://blog.coeo.com/a-cheat-sheet-for-isolation-levels-in-sql-server) This post aims to give you a brief introduction into what isolation levels are and how they work within SQL Server. In short, they are a measure for controlling **concurrency** on the server. [![Dan Jackson](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/DanJacksonCircleLow.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/a-cheat-sheet-for-isolation-levels-in-sql-server) [Dan Jackson](https://blog.coeo.com/author/dan-jackson) | August 11 , 2020 ## [Please wait your turn: A basic Introduction to Latches in SQL Server](https://blog.coeo.com/a-basic-introduction-to-latches-in-sql-server) Following on from my recent [blog post on locking](https://blog.coeo.com/overview-of-locks-in-sql-server), a level deeper in the concurrency chain leads us to latches. A lot of people will have heard of them or will have seen the related waits within SQL, for example in the **sys.dm\_os\_wait\_stats** DMV, but, I would wager, not many people could give me a.. [![Dan Jackson](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/DanJacksonCircleLow.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/a-basic-introduction-to-latches-in-sql-server) [Dan Jackson](https://blog.coeo.com/author/dan-jackson) | July 21 , 2020 ## [A Basic Overview of Locks in SQL Server](https://blog.coeo.com/overview-of-locks-in-sql-server) We have all heard of locks and can probably even name a few; shared or exclusive locks, for example. We notice them more when something goes wrong and we run into blocking or other performance problems, but what are locks and how do they work in SQL Server? In this blog, I aim to give a basic.. [![Dan Jackson](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/DanJacksonCircleLow.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/overview-of-locks-in-sql-server) [Dan Jackson](https://blog.coeo.com/author/dan-jackson) | July 13 , 2020 ## [Cyber Security Monthly News - December 2019](https://blog.coeo.com/cyber-security-monthly-news-december-2019) In December’s news, there have been multiple data leaks after companies have failed to sufficiently secure their databases, as well as further advancements in AI, with it surpassing doctors in its ability to spot breast cancer from scans. Alongside this, there have been a number of SQL updates and.. 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