Motorcycle Ride for Diabetes

So later this year I’m participating in the motorcycle ride B.A.D. (Bikers Against Diabetes) where I’ll be taking my big blue bike out for a ride to help raise money for Diabetes research.  The reason that I’m posting this here isn’t to toot my own horn, but to ask for your help.  The fundraising part […]

Get some free SQL 2012 training!

By now hopefully you have already seen the week long SQL Server 2012 class that I’m teaching March 19th-22nd, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA.  Well now I’m giving you a chance to win a free ticket to this great 4 day training class. The Rules From the time this blog post is published until 6pm […]

Windows 8, ReFS and SQL Server

If you were planning on deploying Windows 8 Server for your SQL Servers as soon as it is released, I would plan on rethinking those plans, especially if you plan on using the new Windows 8 file system ReFS (Resilient File System) instead of the NTFS (New Technology File System).  You see as a part […]

When you don’t QA, there are problems

Without a proper QA process things can end up going a little bit wrong.  Even the most basic of processes need to be checked and controlled, if they aren’t then things can end up going a little wrong.  Just like these very nice bolt on headlights that I installed on my motorcycle recently, there are […]