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Gail Shaw: Geek of the Week

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Gail Shaw, the fabled 'gilamonster', earned her MVP and the gratitude of a host of SQL Server professionals seeking technical help with her expert forum posts on SQLServerCentral. She brings great enthusiasm to everything she does, and has a huge influence on the communities she joins.

2009-03-25

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Kalen Delaney: Geek of the Week

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Kalen Delaney has been involved in SQL Server from the beginning. Her talks and her writings are always interesting but, most important of all, she was able to successfully take on authorship of the 'Inside SQL Server' series of books from Ron Soukup, and make them her own. Despite her own protests that she is a trainer first and foremost, she richly deserves our accolade of 'Geek of the Week'.

2008-09-22

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CS Techcast 16: Revving Up SQL Server 2008

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CStechcast.com brings another podcast episode to the starting line with guest Kalen Delaney. This SQL Server expert and authoritative author of the Inside SQL Server series gives us her take on SQL Server 2008. Find the latest from Kalen Delaney at insidesqlserver.com and SQLCommunity.com.

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2008-03-19

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