Let me start of by saying I could have taken this picture in Florida. But I didn’t. I was in Alabama. Folks – we’re not helping our stereotype here in the south.

In the meantime I was working with a cool client who is delivering BI  as part of their…

Hey Everyone – SQL Rally Voting opens today for the BI Track. There are lots of good sessions and at the risk of being self promotional I thought I would share that my Summit spotlight Zero to Cube session was top five in it’s track and the 23rd session overall…

They say to save the best for last and while I’m not so sure about that I was truly honored to be awarded as a SQL Server MVP from Microsoft for 2011. I know many in the community who are deserving and did not get this honor and all I…

SQL Stadium will be crowded with anticipation very soon in Tampa. Come watch as Adam Jorgensen takes on a challenger from the SQL community in a BI Head to Head showdown! Iron chef was born here last year and this event is a very special homecoming for those who have…

This season, as we continue to grow and partner with some of the best of the best in the industry. I find myself very thankful. We have been blessed to hire many that were under or unemployed and are now kicking butt in the BI, SharePoint and SQL Server world.…

Have you been trying to figure out how to take your career in Microsoft BI, SharePoint and SQL Server to the next level?

Have you wanted to go from being the best at what you do to being the best in BI and other technologies?

Do you have a passion…

Hey folks – It’s time again for SQL Saturday Tampa. Original Birthplace of Iron Chef SQL Server. I have submitted this session again in hopes that it will drive some really fun times for a lot of us to hang out and see who will challenge me? It should be…

Hey folks, Just a quick preview that we’re hard at work again on a new book with Wiley publishing focused on SharePoint and all of the cool BI functionality. We don’t have a release date, but we’re plugging away to get it to you early in 2011. Stay tuned. In…

Hey folks, we all know that there are some great training organizations out there (AHEM Pragmatic Works, AHEM). I hate it when I write early and something is stuck in my throat.  Anyhow – I wanted to bring up some really cool training that is out there for you to…

Have you ever had to take a long column of data in Excel and turn it into a column? There are several ways to do this but lately I have been using a new PASTE feature to do this.Here’s how it works.

1. Take a long row of data as…

Hey folks – A quick one today since I’m travelling, but I am sharing something I often share with my clients to make sure they are prepared to discuss new features and capabilities in SQL Server 2008R2. The image below is a sample of the videos available at Microsoft SQL…

Today is a topic that is close to my heart. Many of you probably don’t know that the SQL pass organization has not only support for in person chapters but virtual chapters as well. These chapters range in everything from application development to data architecture and database administration. We also…

I had some fun last week presenting to the Space Coast User Group in Melbourne as well.  They were so much fun and had some really great questions. Thanks Guys and Gals! I’m so sorry about the last minute change but I hope you all enjoyed the free beer. Bonnie…

Hey folks, I recently had the privilege of joining my hometown user group South Florida SQL Server User Group for a live meeting session on Zero to Cube. It was a great time and I really appreciate the questions. I promised to post some links to resources so here they…

In life there are not many guarantees. For DBA’s and developers there are a few:

1. Backups will become corrupted but only when you need them.

2. Clusters will fail to fail over

3. Your plan does have a whole in it. None of us are perfect and if we…