Announcing the New Business Analytics Conference
(Dear reader – PASS just announced a few changes to BAC 2015. The strangely-worded announcement is already causing a hubbub on Twitter, and I thought, “There’s gotta be a way to…
How I Vote for #SQLPASS Board of Directors Members
tl;dr – I’m voting for Grant, James, and Wendy. There are 3 open spots, and 4 people running. This means you have to pick one person who won’t get in.…
The Real Problem with Relational Databases
They’ve become too easy. It’s too easy to just dump any kind of data in there. It’s too easy to query the database rather than cache data for a period of…
Pop Quiz: What Do These Things Cost?
The Price is Right Arrange this list of things in order based on how much they cost: SQL Server Standard Ed. licensing for four cores SQL Server Enterprise Ed. licensing for one…
Reading Critically: VMware Virtual SAN Performance with SQL Server
Seriously, I’m not trying to pick on VMware documentation, but lately there’s some odd stuff coming out. Last week it was a really bad book, and today it’s a technical…
When Consultants Should Fire their Client
First off, if you’re one of my clients, rest assured that this story isn’t about you – even if I’ve graciously terminated our relationship at some point in the past.…
What I Wish I Knew Sooner as a DBA
Mike Walsh asked a few folks for 4 things they wish they’d have known earlier. 1. You have customers, not users or coworkers. Every person you work with today is a potential reference…
Six Sentence Emails that Get Fast Responses
Get them while you can. Always assume that the person on the other end gets hundreds of emails per day, and they’ve got 60 seconds free as they walk to their…
The Kardashian Approach to Becoming an IT Celebrity
So you want to be “Internet Famous” in the IT community, but you don’t want to spend your mornings and weekends slaving away on the work I described in my…
Wanna Run for #SQLPASS Board? Better Read the Rules.
The rules this year are clearer than ever, and that’s awesome. But you’d better actually read them (warning: Word docx), because there’s a few doozies like this one: “All campaigning must…
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