House Price Predictions @ PASS 2015

The PASS speakers were announced a quite a number of weeks ago now for PASS 2015 in October – and I felt pretty damn honored to be one of the 160 or...

SQL Sentry Grows in the UK and Beyond

Announcing two new UK-based SQL Sentry global technology evangelists. Please help me welcome John Martin and Richard Douglas.
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Professional Development – A Recipe for Success

Originally appearing at ForITPros.com. Joe Webb’s father-in-law spent most of his adult life as a cardiologist. That’s a highly specialized and highly technical area in the field of medicine that...

DBTA – StretchDB, a Cool New Feature in vNext SQL Server

Originally appearing in my monthly column at Database Trends & Applications magazine. When it comes to cloud-based database management, there are really only two players: Amazon, the value leader,...

Professional Development – What a Difference 60 Years Makes

Originally appearing at ForITPros.com. In 1957, the Soviet-made Sputnik streaked across the sky in low earth orbit. It was clearly visible to millions of concerned Americans. The Soviet government...

DBTA – IT Employers Must Adapt to the Looming DBA Shortage

Originally appearing in my monthly column at Database Trends & Applications magazine. In the first of this three-part series, I described some of the findings contained in an intriguing...

Speaking on Standardized SQL Installations - Script Review & Demo - SQLSaturday (Sacramento)

Professional Development – Set the Bar High

Originally appearing at ForITPros.com. Henry Ford is reported to have once said, “Whether you think you can or think you can’t – you’re right.” That’s great insight. Too often...

DBTA – Does the Looming Shortage in DBAs Spell Opportunity?

Originally appearing in my monthly column at Database Trends & Applications magazine. In my last column, available HERE, I described some of the findings contained in an intriguing new...

Implementing Partial Backups and Restores (via Leveraging Partitions)

[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog] Continuing on with my Partitioning post series, this is part 5. The partitioning includes several major components of work (and can be linked...