BI Thoughts and Theories

I’m really looking forward to the PASS Summit next week, and getting a chance to visit with a lot of the people in the community that I interact with on a regular basis. It’s going to be a really busy week, as there’s a lot of great sessions that I’m Read More...

There’s a new book available for pre-order - “ SQL Server MVP Deep Dives ”. This book is a little unusual in that 53 MVPs came together to contribute 59 chapters to the book. Some of the best SQL Server authors in the world contributed chapters to it. Read More...

The launch event in Charlotte went very well – we had over 100 people in attendance, and the sessions were packed. We had a lot of good information on the new features in SQL Server 2008, covering the new T-SQL features, server consolidation, dimensional Read More...

Last post on presentations for a while, I think / hope. I'll be presenting on Unit Testing in SSIS at the PASS Summit 2008 , occurring in Seattle, WA from Nov. 18-21. There's lots of great content planned at PASS this year, and it's definitely worth attending. Read More...

At the first of this month, I received word that I will be presenting at the PASS Summit this year. They had a late push for more BI front-end presentations, and evidently they were desperate enough to accept not one, but two of mine. One will be a co-presentation Read More...