Should placement companies use a markup %?
To expand on what I talked about in Should a placement firm tell you what they are billing the client?:...
2013-05-14
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James Serra's Blog
Data cleansing in SSIS, DQS, and MDS
Data cleansing can be done via SSIS as well as Data Quality Services (DQS) and Master Data Services (MDS). The...
2013-05-09
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Billing rates – other side of the fence, part 2
Here is another response to my blog “Should a placement firm tell you what they are billing the client?” (the...
2013-05-07
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Want me to do a presentation?
I greatly enjoy doing presentations on a variety of topics, such as Business Intelligence, SQL Server, and personal development. If you...
2013-05-02
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Enhance your career by blogging!
When I started my blog two years ago, I never would have thought how much it would help my career. I...
2013-04-30
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Consultants – Why pay more?
As an independent consultant who has a higher bill rate than average, I would hope it is obvious to clients that the...
2013-04-25
1,408 reads
Industry Expert Interview
I don’t know if I would consider myself an industry expert, but hey, it says it on the Internet, so...
2013-04-23
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PASS Business Analytics Conference: the ultimate networking
I went to the PASS Business Analytics Conference last week, and had an absolute blast. I presented two sessions, and...
2013-04-18
1,182 reads
Geoflow Preview for Excel 2013
Last week at the PASS Business Analytics Conference in Chicago, Microsoft disclosed a public preview of GeoFlow for Excel (download). GeoFlow” is...
2013-04-16
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PASS SQL Saturday in Chicago Presentation Slides
Thanks to everyone who attended my sessions “What exactly is Business Intelligence?” and “Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture” at the PASS SQL...
2013-04-15
756 reads
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“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
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Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
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how to write this query?
Hi everyone I asked this earlier but the desired outcome is a bit different...
Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
Multiple Deployment Processes
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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