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Scaling SQL Server 2014 Pre-Con in Copenhagen

I will be travelling to Copenhagen, Denmark to deliver a full day pre-con for SQLSaturday #275 on Friday, March 28,...

SQL Server 2014 and the New Cardinality Estimator

Cardinality, basically the number of rows being processed by an operation with the optimizer, is a calculation predicated on the...

The Best “Management Lessons” Story You’ll Ever Read

Such as: Often, the best candidate for a given job isn’t the person who’s most skilled at fulfilling its primary...

Time Management: Strategies for CEOs and CFOs In the Midmarket

Time management resources for CEOs and CFOs
1. “An Approach To Developing People.”
One way to gain more time is to properly...

Winner – Conference Pass to #SQLServerLive in Las Vegas

This is a quick post to announce the winner of my blog giveaway for a free conference pass to SQL Server Live! in Las Vegas.
Those...

Winner – Conference Pass to #SQLServerLive in Las Vegas

This is a quick post to announce the winner of my blog giveaway for a free conference pass to SQL Server Live! in Las Vegas. Those rather nice folks at SQL Server Live are also offering...

#TSQL2sDay – Data marts across a shaky WAN link

It sounded good in principle, especially given the requirements and the limitations:
We needed our various sites to be able to...

[SQL Snacks Video] The What, Why, and How of Instant File Initialization with SQL Server

Instant File Initialization (IFI) is an interesting topic with regards to how SQL Server works with storage. It is an...

175 Analytic and Data Science Web Sites #bigdata #freedata #analytics #datascience

Following is a list (in alphabetical order) of top domains related to analytics, data science or big data, based on...