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Normally I try and keep the things that happen at work separate from my blog, however it’s been an interesting month at Quest to put it mildly so it’s time for a bit of a catch up. For week’s there had been speculation surrounding a mystery bidder during t...
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That’s right, for all my years in IT yesterday I was the victim of a vicious and deeply distressing incident. OK, a colleague changed my wallpaper while I was away from my laptop, so not a big deal – but it could have been. The act of locking ones desktop ...
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Struggling to source quality free content on SQL Server? Finding it difficult to fill the void between #TSQL2sDay and Un-SQL Friday?
Join me for the first EMEA SQL Server webcast of the year Deploying SQL Server Tips & Tricks on Thursday 19th January ...
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Blimey, doesn’t seem like a year since I wrote my last end of year review End of year review 2010 and goals for 2011
Things didn’t quite go to plan, mainly because of an unexpected career change this majorly shifted a number of my priorities which meant ...
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I’m writing this blog post from my bed, you may think that’s a little too much information there is a good reason for telling you this as it provided the inspiration for this post. I hadn’t been feeling particularly well at the tail end of last week but pu...
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When I was growing up, we used to sit round the t.v. (families only had one in those days) and one of the programs we used to watch as a family was “Wish you were here”. It was a travel guide to not so far off, but at the time exotic locations showing gold...
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It’s been a great day for British cycling with Bradley Wiggins becoming the first Briton to ever win the Tour de France, Chris Froome finishing second and Mark Cavendish winning the final stage. I have a huge amount of admiration for their dedication to t...
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There has been lots of speculation in the SQL Server community as to what the official name of the next release of Microsoft’s flagship database product SQL Server will be. Today I made a discovery on one of Microsoft’s very own sites that indicates that t...
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Earlier this year I had the chance to collaborate on my first ever white paper “Top 10 Tips for Optimizing SQL Server Performance” with Patrick O’Keeffe who is Director of Software Development at Dell Software Group. I must say, it was a really interesting...
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SQLBits holds a special place for me as it was the first technical conference that I had ever been to. I can safely say that it has massively shaped my career and encouraged me to do more in the community, so thank you Chris!
Before we start on the main pa...
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