Is my blog infringing on anything?

There was a recent uproar about a session delivered recently. A company thinks that the session infringed on their intellectual...

We Are Community

Today I was planning on writing a summary post of PASS Summit experience but something happened last night that caused...

RSS Tuning Whitepaper notes and clarifications

This morning this caught my eye on SQLServerCentral.com: Maximizing SQL Server Throughput with RSS Tuning(it came with a catchy SQLCAT...

October 2011 SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries

Since Microsoft released the official name for “SQL Server Code Named Denali” last week at the PASS 2011 Summit, it...

Query Memory Spills

When you sometimes look at Execution Plans, you can see that the SELECT operator has
sometimes a so-called Memory Grant assigned....

No longer just an admin but a DB Astronaut : A poem.

Today we have a guest post from Phil Factor as Brad is on vacation.
‘ I used to fettle databases as...

More Denali Execution Plan Warning Goodies

In my last blog, I showed how the execution plan in denali has been enhanced by 2 new warnings ,conversion...

Microsoft and HP’s Database Consolidation Appliance

Microsoft and HP have announced another appliance, called the Database Consolidation Appliance (see my blog about the other two appliances). ...

3D Printing for Under $1000

I saw this about the iModela 3d printer, it’s priced under $1000, making it approachable if not quite cheap. 3d...

Moving to House of Brick

Starting Halloween Monday I will be a Technical Consultant for House of Brick Technologies.

To everyone out there saying "Didn't you...