Monthly Archives: October 2013

Open Arms

Posted on October 17, 2013 by way0utwest

This past Monday night was the annual networking dinner that Andy Warren and I put on before the PASS Summit. Actually “put on” is a bit of an overstatement. We pick a location, call them to ask if a large group can come in, … Continue reading →

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Four Years Later

Posted on October 16, 2013 by way0utwest

Yesterday I republished a piece on cloud computing, and I was struck by a sentence in the piece. I had written ” Paul Nielsen says inside of 2 years we’ll be leaning cloud first, local server second and in 5 hosting your own … Continue reading →

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Getting Started with CI and Databases

Posted on October 16, 2013 by way0utwest

It’s fairly easy. At least, I think it is if a salesperson can do it. Alex Yates, salesman extraordinaire at Red Gate Software, spent a lunch hour recently setting up a CI system so he could better understand how hard, … Continue reading →

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The Cloud of Destiny

Posted on October 14, 2013 by way0utwest

This editorial was originally published on Mar 15, 2009. It is being re-run as Steve is away on the 2013 SQL in the City tour. Is it inevitable that SQL Server will move to the cloud? In a word, yes. But … Continue reading →

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