October 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Mortified that technical difficulties crashed my webcast this morning. =^( … [Read more...]

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October 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Live in the UK or Europe? Join me this morning in the webcast "Advanced SQL Server Troubleshooting". http://ping.fm/zDvSY … [Read more...]

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October 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Heading down Baywater Rd to the Royal Lancaster for some of London's best Thai food. =^) … [Read more...]

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Plays Well With Others – Hiring, Part 3

October 2, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Fit and Finish Considering how expensive it is to bring on new people into your organization, it really pays dividends to make sure that any new hire is both a good fit for the technical requirements of the job as well as a good fit for the overall culture of the team and organization overall.  In part 1 of this series, we talked about the groundwork needed to effectively bring in a new hire.  Like database and application design, a little extra preparation in the beginning can save you a lot of heartache later in the process.  In part 2 of the series, we talked about various styles of … [Read more...]

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Video: The Growing SQL Server World- Surviving the Data Avalanche

September 30, 2010 by Leave a Comment

An expert roundtable discussion hosted by SQL Server Expert Kevin Kline and featuring speakers from Microsoft, EMC, Avanade, HP and Quest Software. With the release of SQL Server 2005 and its focus on Business Intelligence, SQL Server professionals are faced with unprecedented amounts of data to manage. How are you dealing with the flood of data? At the PASS Community Summit 2006, experts from Quest Software joined forces with a variety of other SQL Server industry experts for a panel discussion around the implications of managing large volumes of business critical data on SQL Server and … [Read more...]

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DBTA: The Trouble with Third-Party Applications

September 28, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Third-party applications are a very important part of the IT landscape. Many of us have faced the common dilemma of trying to decide whether to build or buy that next important application our organizations need. (By the way, I'm talking about smaller, specialized applications like an inventory management system for the company warehouse, or a practice management system for a doctor's office. I'm not talking about the huge and incredibly sophisticated ERP systems like SAP and Oracle Financials.) [READ MORE] … [Read more...]

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September 28, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Breakfast in Stockholm - just different enough to be weird! … [Read more...]

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September 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Live in or near Copenhagen? Join me at noon on Monday, Sept 27th! There will be cookies. http://ping.fm/oiCVS … [Read more...]

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Plays Well With Others – Hiring, Part 2

September 25, 2010 by 1 Comment

Interview Styles and Samples There are three basic interview styles you can use when interview technologists: biographical, technical, or behavioral.  Each has advantages and disadvantages.  Because of this mix of pros and cons, some organizations will mix two or more of the styles, or allow different people in the organization to serially interview the candidate using different styles.  We’ll cover each of these styles in a bit more detail and provide some examples of interview questions that you might use with them. BIOGRAPHICAL The biographical interview style offers the advantage of … [Read more...]

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Video: Clock drift and virtualization

September 23, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Watch Kevin discuss what clock drift is and how it occurs in a virtualized environment and how to avoid this issue. Posted August 27, 2008. … [Read more...]

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