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16
Apr 10
Free ebook: Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2

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Posted On Friday, April 16, 2010 8:40 AM SQL Server
11
Apr 10
An end to the static …
Last October I learnt my company wanted to put together a new blog/social networking policy. I decided that out of respect for my employer I wouldn’t blog until this was sorted out. This was perhaps was an easy decision to make as I was separating from my ex-wife at the time and frankly needed the time to concentrate on other things. So now the company ......
Posted On Sunday, April 11, 2010 7:30 AM
19
Oct 09
A Technical Architect surrounded by Business Analysts
Recently I attended the Business Analysis Conference in London that I spoke about in my previous post. My reason for being there was I accepted an invite to be a speaker on a panel discussing “The Role Of The BA: What Is Expected And What Is Delivered” Part of the Business Analysts role is to capture, distil and communicate business requirement to Technical ......
Posted On Monday, October 19, 2009 3:43 PM
21
Sep 09
Business Analysis Conference London 2009
Next week I will be sitting on a panel at the Business Analysis Conference discussing “The Role Of The BA: What Is Expected And What Is Delivered” As you may have noticed, I’m not a BA and nor is anyone else on the panel! The common factor between us all is that we rely on what the BA delivers to perform our various roles. The role of the BA is a lynchpin ......
Posted On Monday, September 21, 2009 4:20 PM
02
Sep 09
Channel 9 Video Introduction to SQL Server ‘Madison’
A little while back I posted a question on Channel 9 wanting to know more about SQL Server ‘Madison’ project. Well Charles Torre being the extremely nice bloke that he is (Thanks Charles I owe you another beer, perhaps not London Pride next time!) got on a plane from Redmond down to Orange County and went to pay the Madison development team and in particular ......
Posted On Wednesday, September 2, 2009 1:45 PM
20
Jul 09
Put your questions to the SQL Server Development Group about Madison, Gemini and Kilimanjaro
I’ve started a thread on Channel 9 to ask my questions about Madison, Gemini and Kilimanjaro which is now 2008 R2. If you’ve got any burning questions why don’t you put them there as well. The Channel 9 team are planning to do a series of video’s with the SQL Server Dev Group so they will put our questions to them. The Channel 9 thread can be found ......
Posted On Monday, July 20, 2009 12:12 PM
12
Jul 09
Award Winning Innovation
Recently, I was lucky enough to win an Award for Innovation by my company. At the moment Powerlines are inspected by two main ways, in a helicopter or on foot. 4x4 vehicles are the obvious alternative but are actually very limited in where they can go. For instance they can’t cross a farmers field, go over fences or climb steep hillsides without causing ......
Posted On Sunday, July 12, 2009 4:10 AM
13
Jun 09
Free SQL Server 2008 Developer Training Kit!
Continuing my series of great free stuff for SQL Server I’ve pulled a rabbit out of the hat for you today! In this economic climate one of the first things that seems to get cut is the training budget so anything that can help get your head around stuff is a big plus. To help Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 Developer Training Kit So what does ......
Posted On Saturday, June 13, 2009 11:12 AM SQL Server
09
Jun 09
A very good Free SQL Server Utility : FineBuild
Codeplex is a wonderful site. However not just for the .Net coder but the SQL Server guy/gal can find plenty of goodies there as well. One such goody is the FineBuild utility that does as the name suggest helps create a ‘Fine Build’ of your SQL Server install. All to often installing SQL Server can turn into a day long process with the various additional ......
Posted On Tuesday, June 9, 2009 3:24 PM SQL Server
A Week with Bing
As promised, what is my verdict after using BingUK for a week? To be perfectly honest it’s been distinctly unremarkable … and this is a good thing for Microsoft! BingUK is lacking the killer features that the US version has, the ‘get out’ for the UK version is that it’s still in Beta and will be for sometime. So perhaps BingUK is still more of a search ......
Posted On Tuesday, June 9, 2009 2:47 PM
07
Jun 09
Free eBook on what’s new in SQL Server 2008
It’s not often we get stuff for free but Microsoft has decided to give away a complete book, not just afew sample chapters. All you have to do is go to this link , press the ‘Sign Up’ button, leave some details about yourself, if you’ve registered with MSDN before it’ll just pick up you existing details and then pdf will download. So what’s the catch? ......
Posted On Sunday, June 7, 2009 5:18 AM SQL Server
01
Jun 09
The Sound of Found : Bing!
Microsoft have completely re-written Live Search, the new offering Bing! Bing is being marketed as a ‘decision engine’ as it tries to workout what you are looking for rather always giving the top ranking website out of an algorithm. Microsoft has commissioned allot of research to work out what people are actually trying to do for when they use a search ......
Posted On Monday, June 1, 2009 6:55 PM
26
May 09
SQL Server 2008 R2
R2 ! As you may know I’m abit of a SQL Server nut so I was particularly interested in the announcement at the recent TechEd of SQL Server 2008 R2. R2 is the combination of the Kilimanjaro, Madison and Gemini projects. Kilimanjaro is adding support for up to 256 processors to the existing code base. Whilst Madison follows on from the purchase of DataAllegro ......
Posted On Tuesday, May 26, 2009 11:05 PM
The Trouble With Data …

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Posted On Tuesday, May 26, 2009 10:28 PM SQL Server
23
May 09
Do CEOs *Really* care about IT?
“CEOs don’t pay attention to technology unless something breaks down” according to Jim Champy, Chairman of Consulting for Perot Systems. Michael Krigsman of ZDNET has written about this experiences at this weeks MIT CIO Symposium on a panel discussing ‘Aligning Business with IT’ here. Michael draws the conclusion that improving integration between IT ......
Posted On Saturday, May 23, 2009 10:09 AM
09
May 09
Eileen Brown
I was extremely sadden to hear the news that Eileen Brown’s role at Microsoft was at risk of redundancy as part of the second round of layoff at Microsoft. I do sincerely hope that Eileen finds another role soon. I’m also amazed that this has happen to Eileen as she is such an ambassador for Microsoft in not just IT Pro and Connecting Women in IT but ......
Posted On Saturday, May 9, 2009 11:26 AM
Microsoft’s UK Architecture Resources
To Microsoft’s credit their Architecture resources are much improving. The excellent free Architecture Journal and the MSDN Architecture Centre have been going for sometime but I noticed recently that there is a new UK centric Architecture Portal written by the UK DPE Architect Team with the new free monthly Arc Magazine. The first editions of the Arc ......
Posted On Saturday, May 9, 2009 10:17 AM Technical Architecture
07
Apr 09
What is all the fuss about Cloud Computing?
Cloud computing is the buzzword of the moment . It seems that applying the "cloud" label is a real desire for a lot of people out there in the marketplace. This of course leads to the arguments about whether the "cloud" label is appropriate or just marketing spin. Why on earth is Cloud Computing so appealing? I think there are a lot of factors. I'll ......
Posted On Tuesday, April 7, 2009 8:36 PM SOA , Technical Architecture , Enterprise Architecture
04
Apr 09
Laptop Logic in the Enterprise
Laptops are the client machine of choice in the Enterprise. They are an essential component of modern business allowing the workforce to turn almost anywhere into an office and place of business. In the Enterprise the laptop will steadily taken over the place of many desktops in business, there will be a place for them in static workforces but for everyone ......
Posted On Saturday, April 4, 2009 10:24 AM
Well Blogging From The iPhone Works
As you can guess from the title I have written this post completely on my iPhone.A part from the obvious restrictions, such as the small keyboard, it wasn't a wholly unpleasant experience making the whole notion of using a device like this to construct posts a viable option.What put me off attempting to do this before was indeed screen-size but the ......
Posted On Saturday, April 4, 2009 8:54 AM
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