I barely survived the experience and never took an 8 a.m. class again, but I was surprised to see that I can now predict what Microsoft SQL Server database licensing will cost in 2011 and beyond.
DBTA: The Shape of Database Licensing Costs to Come
Filed Under: Databases, DBTA, Opinion, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Trends Tagged With: DBA, DBTA, Licensing, Management, news analysis, Society
Plays Well With Others – Eight Behaviors of Excellent Leaders
Even a quick list of crucial leadership characteristics, like I’m presenting here, offers a lot of practical advice.
Filed Under: Ethics, Governance, Opinion, Professional Development, SQLServerPedia Syndication Tagged With: Career, Management, Plays Well With Others, Professional Development, WorldView
DBTA: Microsoft’s Trajectory for SQL Server Becomes Clear with PowerPivot
Filed Under: Databases, DBTA, Opinion, SQLServerPedia Syndication, TCD blog post, Trends Tagged With: Business Intelligence, Data Visualization, Data Warehousing, DBA, DBTA, Developer, FutureWatch, Microsoft News, news analysis, SQL Server 2008 R2
Video: SQL Server Memory Troubleshooting
Need to troubleshoot SQL Server 2005 memory settings? Not sure where to look to measure SQL 2000 memory pressure?
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Plays Well With Others – Dealing with Micromanagement
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And the Winners are…
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Video: Worth the Wait Why SQL Server 2008 is Great
Join Kevin Kline, SQL Server MVP and SQL Server Technology Strategist for Quest Software and Brent Ozar, SQL Server Domain Expert for Quest Software as they introduce the top ten features and capabilities in SQL Server 2008 that they find to be the most exciting and valuable.
Filed Under: Administration, Databases, Presentations, SQL Server, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Video Tagged With: DBA, Developer, Quest Software, SQL Server 2008
Plays Well With Others – More Thoughts on the Job Search
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DBTA: What’s the Fuss about Data Deduplication?
Data deduplication is a means to eliminate redundant data, either through hardware or software technologies.
Filed Under: Administration, BigData, Challenges, DBTA, Hardware, IO, Opinion, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Trends Tagged With: DBA, DBTA, High Availability, Internals, Performance, SQL Server 2008 R2
Plays Well With Others – Influence versus Authority
You’ve probably found that the job title prefix “lead” is a fairly common occurrence in the technology world. Yet, we don’t have “lead managers”, “lead directors”, or “lead VPs”. Why is that?
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