DBA Career - Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the DBA Career category.
Interview with SQLServerCentral.com Editor Steve Jones
Conferences,DBA Career,SQL Server Connections | August 12, 2011 | 2:13 pmSteve Jones will be speaking at the SQLServerCentral.com track at SQL Server Connections, October 31-November 3, 2011, in Las Vegas, NV. Tell us about yourself. I’m the editor of SQLServerCentral.com, which is a position I’ve held for over 8 years. I started writing articles as a DBA to help other people and to share ...read more
Upcoming Webinar on Using SQL Monitor in the Real World
DBA Career,Free Stuff,Speaking Schedule | July 20, 2011 | 12:18 pmRecently at SQLServerCentral.com, I have been running a series of articles called the SQLServerCentral.com Best Practices Clinic, which describe how I am using Red Gate Software’s SQL Monitor to help monitor and tune the active/active cluster that is running both SQLServerCentral.com and Simple-Talk.com. On Tuesday, August 23, at 11AM (Eastern Daylight Time), I will be ...read more
Vote for the 2011 Exceptional DBA of the Year Award
DBA Career | July 19, 2011 | 2:57 pmIt’s been my experience that most DBA’s aren’t properly recognized for their contributions to their organizations. As the “protectors of the organization’s data,” DBAs are one of the most important people in any organization. To help recognize the contributions of DBAs, the Exceptional DBA of the Year Awards was developed by Red Gate Software and ...read more
Nominations are Open for the Fourth Annual Exceptional DBA Awards
DBA Career,News | May 25, 2011 | 3:15 pmSQLServerCentral.com, along with Red Gate Software, are glad to announce that nominations for the fourth annual Exceptional DBA Awards are now open. Four years ago, the award was established to help bring about more awareness regarding the importance of the DBA role among the IT community. So far, three DBAs have won the award, and ...read more
Interview with SQL Server MVP Joe Webb
Conferences,DBA Career,SQL Server Connections | March 10, 2011 | 5:08 pmJoe Webb will be speaking at the SQLServerCentral.com track at SQL Server Connections, March 27-30, in Orlando, FL. Tell us a little about yourself. For the past 16 years, I’ve been self-employed as a database consultant and I regularly work with clients in the areas of business process analysis and improvements, database design and architecture, ...read more
SQLskills SQL Server Immersion Training: A Retrospective
DBA Career,Opinion | February 27, 2011 | 7:11 pmLast week I attended the inaugural training event of the new four-week SQL Server Immersion Training offered by Kimberly Tripp and Paul Randall of SQLskills.com. The four available training weeks include: Internals and Performance Performance Tuning High Availability and Disaster Recovery Security, PowerShell, and Development Support I attended the Internals and Performance class in Dallas, ...read more
Introducing Kalen Delaney’s SQL Server Stairways Tutorial Series
DBA Career,News | February 16, 2011 | 2:04 pmIn case you haven’t noticed, there is a new link on SQLServerCentral.com for a new series of tutorial articles called Kalen Delaney’s SQL Server Stairways. This series, edited by Kalen Delaney, brings together a large number of top SQL Server writers to introduce a wide variety of SQL Server topics. Some of the current Stairway ...read more
SQLskills Master Immersion Events 2011
DBA Career | January 23, 2011 | 6:24 amLast year, I tried to attend one of Paul Randal’s and Kimberly Tripp’s SQL Immersion Events, but it conflicted with other travel, and I couldn’t attend. Now I am glad I waited. For 2011, the training has been redesigned, and now offers four in-depth sessions.
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