The grand prize winner for the “Best Thing I Learned at the PASS Summit” contest was announced earlier this week. And the winner is SQL MVP Grant Fritchey. Perhaps you know of Grant by his SQLRockstar Blogger Rank, perhaps you know him as a respected author of technical books because you found him in my [...]
Don Gabor Cured My Polio
…is exactly what the title of this blog post would have been if (1) I had actually met Mr. Gabor previously and (2) if I actually had polio. I have no doubt he could cure polio, nervous stutters, facial tics, and xenophobia in one or possibly two sessions. The guy is that good and that [...]
SQL Server Consolidation, Part Deux
Consider for a moment that you have a deck attached to your house. It is one story above ground level and is growing weaker with each passing year. The former homeowner painted (!) the deck making your options for upkeep quite limited. And what would those options be? Well, most people would look to have [...]
Want a Free Trip to PASS?
I have previously noted on this blog that I write for MSSQLTips. As such, I wanted to tell you about a prize that MSSQLTips and Idera are sponsoring: an all expenses paid trip to the PASS Community Summit in November 2009.
Here are the details – http://www.mssqltips.com/pass_giveaway_entry.asp
That’s correct, you can win a trip to PASS! Go and [...]
Atlas Shrugged
A few months back I had a close friend and mentor of mine suggest I read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. We had been discussing some work related issues and he was trying to help me understand a very important point. In short, the book did exactly what he wanted; it made his point very clear [...]
SQL Server Consolidation
I am seeing more than a handful of articles these days regarding SQL Server virtualization and/or consolidation. Lots of companies are coming forward to provide you tools that will take the pain out of such efforts. They promise tools that will help manage your current capacity, help you monitor and troubleshoot virtual hosts and guests, [...]