SQLSaturday#59 - It's A Wrap! - Summary of Our Saturday...
SQLSaturday#59 went off without a hitch! It was one awesome fun-filled day with our great speakers, sponsors, volunteers, and hundreds...
2010-11-21
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Robert Pearl
SQLSaturday#59 Special Interview with Melissa Demcsak, aka SQLDiva
SQLSaturday#59 Special Interview with Melissa Demcsak, aka SQLDiva
Only two days left until our super SQLSaturday#59 event. Hope all is well...
2010-11-18
794 reads
SQLSaturday#59 NYC 2010 - 3 Days Away! - Sponsor Profile
SQLSaturday#59 is only a mere 3-days away! Today, I am bringing you a sponsor profile for our participating vendors, who...
2010-11-17
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SQLSaturday #59 - Speaker Interview Series #18 with Matt Van Horn
SQLSaturday #59 – Speaker Interview Series #18 – with Matt Van Horn
Notes from the SQLSat#59 Team: SQLSaturday#59 is just 5 days away...
2010-11-15
907 reads
MS SQL Server 2011 aka Denali, Next Version of SQL Server - CTP 1 Now available!
Ladies and Gentlemen, SQL Server 2011, aka Denali, CTP 1 is now available as public download :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=6a04f16f-f6be-4f92-9c92-f7e5677d91f9
Although, I'm not attending...
2010-11-10
7,177 reads
MS SQL Server 2011 aka Denali, Next Version of SQL Server - CTP 1 Now available!
Ladies and Gentlemen, SQL Server 2011, aka Denali, CTP 1 is now available as public download :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=6a04f16f-f6be-4f92-9c92-f7e5677d91f9
Although, I'm not attending...
2010-11-09
3,555 reads
SQLSaturday#59 - Reflection on the Speaker Interview Series...
No speaker interview today, (didn't have time to format it today), just some reflection on the Speaker Interview Series, thus...
2010-11-05
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SQLSaturday #59 Speaker Interview Series #17 with Bill Pearson
SQLSaturday #59: Speaker Interview Series #17 with Bill Pearson
Today, we pick up the series, with another worldly well-rounded individual, by...
2010-11-04
781 reads
SQLSaturday #59 – Speaker Interview #16 with DW Expert, Chuck Kelley
SQLSaturday #59 – Speaker Interview #16 with DW Expert, Chuck Kelley
Working on a large DW project, I had the pleasure of...
2010-11-03
818 reads
SQLSaturday #59 – Speaker Interview #15 with Joseph D’Antoni
SQLSaturday #59 – Speaker Interview #15 with Joseph D’Antoni
Let’s kick off this Tuesday, maestro please, with a little violin music, some...
2010-11-02
836 reads
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The Decoded Value
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