SQL Karaoke is getting sponsored, and you get the benefits

So this year for the first time ever we have some sponsors for SQL Karaoke at the SQL PASS summit. A few fine companies have offered to open up the bar for our enjoyment. There will be a limited number of wristbands available for drinks, so be sure to find me Wednesday during the summit […]

Cloud probably isn’t going to be a very good backup solution for you

Back on July 19th, there was a blog post that I was pointed to which talked about tossing your backup solution and using cloud for your backup instead.  Basically the points which are made are that because someone else is now holding your data you don’t have to worry about DR plans, keeping multiple copies, […]

24HOP: BI Workload Follow-Up

This is a total repost of Stacia’s blog post from this morning so that hopefully everyone will see it.  So pretend that Stacia wrote this and that I didn’t. Yesterday, Denny Cherry (blog|twitter) and I co-presented a 24HOP session for the Fall 2011 lineup, “So How Does the BI Workload Impact the Database Engine?” 24HOP […]