Daily Denali Delight – Day 5

Code-named Denali – the next version of SQL Server is fast approaching.
And whenever CTP2 gets released you can be sure to...

It’s a Deal, It’s a Steal…

Its the sale of the century. To coin a cleaned up phrase from a Guy Ritchie film (either Snatch or...

Microsoft Certification Exams: Costs are Increasing

It was announced yesterday that the cost of taking a Microsoft exam will increase from the 1 July. In the...

Powershell Day 27

Day 27 Inventory   As discussed ealier about wmi, wmi is a good for accessing inventory data from remote system as:...

Presenting On DR & HA Twice This Week

Just a quick mention that I'm presenting Paging DR Availability, You're Wanted in the Recovery Room twice this week  - today,...

The developer / DBA relationship.

G’day,

A large part of my job involves liaising with developers. I spent the first 8 years of my IT career working as...

What name should I call myself?

In creating this blog, I was thinking about using some catchy name for myself.  Something with “DBA” in it.  However,...

What’s Mentoring?

We have just kicked off The Mentoring Experiment after talking about it for months. There has been a lot of...

A SQL Experiment – Mentoring

News Flash The SQL Community is about to get stronger.  Why?  There is a great new initiative that was recently launched.  Steve Jones and Andy Warren are teaming up...

A SQL Experiment – Mentoring

News Flash
The SQL Community is about to get stronger.  Why?  There is a great new initiative that was recently launched....