Conquering Kilimanjaro & Cancer !

Day 1 – Leaving for Africa

After almost 12 months of fundraising, training, walking up various mountains, sleepless nights and plenty of...

Opportunity Cost versus Real Cost

One of the hardest lessons to learn and put into practice as a self-employed consultant is that of Real Cost...

Immersions Training

The last week of January 2011, I wrote a blog post entering a contest for free training at the hands of SQLSkills.  Later that week an announcement was made...

Immersions Training

The last week of January 2011, I wrote a blog post entering a contest for free training at the hands...

T-SQL Tuesday #15 – Automation

It’s that time of the month again, and this month Pat Wright and his SQL Asylum are hosting the T-SQL...

February OPASS Meeting

Don’t forget to join us tonight for the OPASS meeting sponsored by RedGate and Signature Consultants.

Event Date/Time: Tuesday February 8th...

TSQL Tuesday #15–Automation in SQL Server

Automation is the separation point for the professional DBA from the amateur. That makes this a very important topic. Thanks...

T-SQL Tuesday #15 Automation and the SSIS Dumper

This post is my contribution to T-SQL Tuesday, hosted this month by Pat Wright (blog | twitter).

In my previous post...

February OPASS Meeting

Don’t forget to join us tonight for the OPASS meeting sponsored by RedGate and Signature Consultants.
Event Date/Time:Tuesday February 8th @ 6:00...

What's OLD in SQL Server 11 aka Denali? - Deprecated Feature List

Well, we always see, hear, and read about the list of NEW features in the myriad of articles, columns and blogs...