Brian Kelley

Brian Kelley is an author, columnist, and Microsoft SQL Server MVP focusing primarily on SQL Server security. He is a contributing author for How to Cheat at Securing SQL Server 2005 (Syngress), Professional SQL Server 2008 Administration (Wrox), and Introduction to SQL Server (Texas Publishing). Brian currently serves as an infrastructure and security architect. He has also served as a senior Microsoft SQL Server DBA, database architect, developer, and incident response team lead.

Interests: Chess, Reading, Soccer (Football), Baseball, Animals, Theology

SQL Server 2008 RTM looks to be 3rd Quarter

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

On the Microsoft Data Platform Insider blog, there is a post indicating new roadmap dates:
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Roadmap...

2008-01-25

1,652 reads

Two Acquisitions of Note

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Saw both of these on ComputerWorld:
Oracle buying BEA
Sun buying MySQL

It'll be interesting to see how this changes the...

2008-01-16

744 reads

Getting Better at Time Management

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

One of the things I took from my overall performance last year is I need to get better at time...

2008-01-03

647 reads

Why Participating in a Community is Important and Beneficial

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Back in 2000 I began writing for swynk.com in hopes of learning more about SQL Server and beginning to make...

2008-01-03

6,198 reads

Tribute to Honor Jim Gray

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Saw this on the Association for Computer Machinery SIGMOD announcements.

Tribute to Honor Jim Gray

It is scheduled for May 31, 2008...

2007-12-05

563 reads

Honeypots in the Database

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

As a follow up to my post about Cesar Cerrudo's new whitepaper, earlier this month David Litchfield talked about putting...

2007-11-23

2,352 reads

Whitepaper on Malware to Attack Databases

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Cesar Cerrudo of Argeniss Information Security has put out a new whitepaper (.pdf format), Data0: Next generation malware for stealing...

2007-11-23

1,982 reads

Physical Fitness

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Real life events continue to interfere with my regular posting. However, I would rather deal with them and neglect posting...

2007-11-19

1,576 reads

Veterans' Day

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I'll post Part III of Becoming a DBA tomorrow (meaning there will be two posts). Veterans' Day is typically celebrated...

2007-11-12

621 reads

Resources: SQL Server 2005 Security

by Brian Kelley

Databases – Infrastructure – Security

Work responsibilities took up my time on Thursday and Friday, so I never got around to posting. Here's the resources...

2007-11-11

628 reads

Blogs

SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident

SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident SQL...

What Does It Mean to Make Data AI-Ready?

Making Data AI-Ready, Part 1 (This is the first article in a three-part series...

Using the Data API Builder–VS Live San Diego Resources

Thanks for attending my sessions. Resources below: Slides: Using Data API Builder GitHub repo: ...

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Hyperscale Replicas II

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Practical Reporting Queries with CROSS APPLY (Part 3)

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Your Favorite Quotes

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