The schedule for SQL Saturday 97 has been posted and I was selected to give my “It’s TempDB, Why Should You Care” session. I am really excited to be speaking in Austin TX. Wes Brown and crew have put together a great list of sessions that should help bring a SQL Revival to the Austin […]
Category: Training/Events
SQL Saturday #89 is 10 days away
I just 10 short days Atlanta GA will be hosting the most stellar lineup of speakers SQL Saturday has ever seen. There have been lots of chatter about SQL Sat #89 being deemed SQL Rally of Atlanta. With 485 people registered and 26 currently on the waiting list, we will have to keep a close […]
PASS Regional Mentor
Wow, how time flies by. It seems like just a month ago I was made the PASS Regional Mentor for South Central US and now I have given up that position to join Jorge and Adam as Regional Mentors for South East US. Being I live in GA, it is much easier for me to […]
Steel City SQL User Group
Tonight I will be doing a presentation on TEMPDB to the Steel City SQL Users Group in Birmingham AL. I am very excited to be able to present to a user group other than my own. I am also nervous about it as well. I have spoken at 5 SQL Saturdays in the past 7 […]
Data Warehousing with SSIS
As a DBA why would I consider attending a pre-con by John Welch at SQL Saturday 89 titled Data Warehousing with SSIS? For starters lets look at what all the session entails. – Laying out a framework for your ETL Logging, Restartability and Recoverability, Auditing – Common SSIS Tasks Using FTP to Retrieve Files, Copying and Archiving Files, Executing SQL Statements, Moving Data […]
I Am Going to Be a Big Brother #sqlpass #firsttimers
Well at the PASS Summit at least. The Summit is trying to make sure that all of our first timers get the full experience of the Summit. It can be a bit overwhelming the first time you attend the largest SQL Server event in the world. I know it was for me. There is so […]
Register for 24 Hours of PASS NOW! #sqlpass
Do you need to perfect your SQL Server skills? Would you like to get 24 hours of free SQL Server training from some of the top names in Business Intelligence and SQL Server? Then you are in luck. 24 Hours of PASS is a free event delivered right to your computer. All you have to do […]
I deem September 2011 – SQL Server Month
If you haven’t visited the SQL Saturday website you should take a look. There are SEVEN events planned during September around the globe. SQL Saturday 88, September 3rd, Western Cape South Africa SQL Saturday 94, September 10th, Salt Lake City UT – USA SQL Saturday 95, September 17th, San Diego CA – USA SQL Saturday 89, […]