June S3OLV Wrapup

Last night we had our monthly Chapter User group meeting in affiliation with PASS.  Honestly, the experience was quite humbling...

Presentation Styles

I had a chance to watch a few different styles this week at TechEd, and I think it helped that...

Presenting Data and Information

I got this flyer in the mail recently.

It was for a seminar by Edward Tufte, and it caught my eye...

The Football World Cup

This day only comes around once in every four years, we've all been waiting for it for months. It's been...

We’re Well into Q2

I saw a post from Seth Phelabaum on SQLServerCentral reviewing his goals as of Q2. About 20 days premature, but...

2010 Goals – Q2 Review

Another quarter gone, and unfortunately I’m still looking about the same on goal progress.  Still looking good on Blog posts...

Daily SQL Server 2008 New Feature – Day 20

Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...

I’m a Pain

Or maybe I’m misreading that I’m supposed to be helping to alleviate pain. Either way, next Thursday, June 17, I’ll be...

Interesting Case of SSIS Failures

Interesting Case of SSIS Failures
We had an interesting case of SSIS failures recently where the cause ended up being improved...

Killer I/O

Here’s a big statement

WHEN WRITING DATABASE QUERIES, 95% OF THE TIME THE BOTTLENECK IS IN THE I/O, not the CPU,...