Andy Warren

I started my SQL journey here at SQLServerCentral as one of the founders, helping to build a place to share and learn that continues to thrive under the editorial guidance of my friend Steve Jones. I've done a lot of volunteer work over the years ranging from our local SQL group (oPASS, SQLOrlando) to serving on the Board of Directors of PASS to designing and building the framework of SQLSaturday (which has gone on to produce more than 1000 locally managed events since we started in 2007). These days I manage a DBA team, but over the years I've been a trainer, consultant, contractor, and DBA. I'm rarely present on social media, the best way to contact me is here, LinkedIn, or via email.

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Google Correlate

My friend Rob Hatton pointed me to Google Correlate, a new service that lets you explore data trends in a...

2011-06-30

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SQLServerCentral Editorial

Changing the Oil In Your Server

Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. We have regular maintenance that needs to be performed on our cars, and also regular maintenance that needs to be done on our servers. Andy points out that companies need to understand this and make sure these regular activities are performed.

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2011-06-29

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Growing Leaders

Here’s a two part story(Part 1, Part 2 from Information Week by Larry Tieman you should read. There’s a great...

2011-06-24

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