SQL Saturday 147 Precon (#sqlsat147)

If you are planning on attending SQL Saturday 147 down in Recife Brazil you would check out my pre-con session being held on August 24th.  In this session I’ll be talking about all of the High Availability options which are available for SQL Server 2012.  I will be talking about AlwaysOn Availability Groups, Clustering, Database […]

VMworld needs to provide more feedback to session submitters

I’ve submitted a lot of sessions to a lot of conferences over the years.  And while the feedback from some of the conferences is a little cryptic thanks to the review team only having access to canned responses, it’ll do.  Now personally I’d love to get specific feedback saying exactly why my session wasn’t submitted, […]

I’ll be at SQL PASS 2012, will you?

It appears that I’ve been selected to give a couple of presentations at the premier Microsoft SQL Server conference again this year.  At the 2012 SQL PASS Summit in Seattle, WA this year I’ll be presenting a regular session titled “Where Should I Be Encrypting My Data?” where I’ll be talking about all the various […]

Storage and Virtualization Class Starting Tomorrow

SSWUG.ORG’s virtual class will provide database administrators (DBAs) with the skills to properly design storage and virtualization solutions. Denny Cherry, course instructor and SQL Server MVP and Microsoft Certified Master, will explain why storage can be one of the largest bottlenecks when it comes to database performance. He will also explain why it can be […]