In my free webcast on disaster recovery planning for small businesses, I talked about building a bug-out bag. Every IT professional should have a bug-out bag in the trunk of their car with enough stuff to let them ...
In my free webcast on disaster recovery planning for small businesses, I talked about building a bug-out bag. Every IT professional should have a bug-out bag in the trunk of their car with enough stuff to let them ...
Want to give a presentation over the web with Microsoft LiveMeeting? It's quick and easy, and with my tips in this six-minute video, you can give a high-quality presentation that attendees will enjoy. This internet presentation tool is used by PASS chapters - both local and virtual - and Microsoft MVPs get a free LiveMeeting ...
On Monday 2/1, SQL Azure goes commercially live. Microsoft's charging for service now, and that means it's officially official. I talk to a lot of enterprise DBAs, project managers, and developers about SQL Server in the cloud. Here's some of the questions I get asked most often. What is SQL Azure? SQL Azure is Microsoft's solution for SQL ...
It's a new year and a new budget, but your boss is still cheap, right? Ain't that somethin'? Well, good news - got more free SQL Server training events coming at ya. January 28 Pain of the Week Webcast: "But It Worked On My Machine!" Ari Weil and I will show you how to catch bad ...
This week, I've talked about the economics of writing books, interviewed Robin Goldstein about The Wine Trials, and interviewed Tom LaRock about his upcoming book. This week I'm finishing off the series with my thoughts about the mental costs involved in writing a book. First Things First When my book contract with Wiley/WROX was ...
Most SQL Server DBAs don’t even like MySQL, let alone NoSQL. They cringe when they hear people say things like, “I don’t need transactions” or “The data will eventually be consistent” or “Indexes will be supported in the next version.” SQL Server and Oracle people are constantly trying to out-feature each other, and the abject [...]
Read More »In August 2008, Lady Gaga released her premier album The Fame. This 13-track work produced several hit singles including Just Dance, Poker Face, and Paparazzi – but it also produced plenty of controversy. Her exaggerated use of fashion, musical cliches, and sex gave her plenty of media attention – both good and bad. If you’ve [...]
Read More »Pop quiz: should you be worried if your SQL Server’s page life expectancy is averaging 214? There’s only one correct answer: it depends.
Performance tuning is all about finding the RIGHT bottleneck, focusing on it, and fixing it to the application owner’s satisfaction. Learn what happens if you don’t do it right.
Read More »Erika’s friends call her “Fancy Feast” because she only likes the best things in life. She’s got champagne tastes, but we can’t afford to buy the best of everything. I recently picked up a coffee table from Ikea, and it got me thinking about SQL Azure.
In a perfect world, I’d have on-premise SQL Server for every database. I’d use cutting-edge storage and cluster everything. But this isn’t a perfect world…
Read More »I get a lot of questions from people who want to get a better job. They want to know if certification, training, or branching out will help them get the job of their dreams. These things just aren’t the real answer.
The answer is simple: the Buddy System. Learn why.
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