It's that time of year again! SQLBits registration is now open and this time it is going to be bigger and better than ever!
For the first time SQLBits will be held during the week and at the week-end as we have grown the event to span three days.
It’s also going to be held at the world famous Celtic Manor hotel – home to the 2010 Ryder Cup!
Day 1 – Training Day – Thursday 19th November
All day seminars from
- Chris Webb – Introduction to MDX
- Donald Farmer (yes the Donald Farmer) – Self Service Business Intelligence – making it real
- Jasper Smith – Practical Performance Tuning and Monitoring for SQL Server
- Niels Berglund - A Day of SQL Server 2008 for Developers
- Simon Sabin – XML Master Class – Using XML with SQL Server
Day 2 – SQL 2008 & R2 Day – Friday 20th November
This is a new day for us and is specifically targeting the 2008 version of SQL Server. What it is, how you get there and what it will be in R2 are the themes for the day. Donald will also be giving a key note presentation and we will also have Thomas Kejser from the SQLCAT team present. Thomas has written some great papers and his presentation at PASS 2008 on breaking the ETL world record was the highlight of the event for me. Definitely not one to be missed.
The full agenda for this day hasn’t been concluded but expect topics from the list below to feature.
- Business Intelligence:
- Gemini and self-service BI
- New functionality in Reporting Services for SQL Server 2008 and R2
- Master Data Services
- Project Madison
- DBA
- Multi-server management
- Data-tier application control
- Enhancements in the MDW
- Policy-based management
- Compression and Encryption
- Mirroring enhancements, Compressible log stream and page level repair
- Scalability – Going to 256 cores
- Handling large data sets with partitioning management and query improvements
- Improve large data operations with new bulk logged operations
- Developer
- Enabling integration with 3rd party systems with Change Data Capture
- Managing replication to 100s of devices using Change tracking and Sync Services
- Spatial Data, Integrated Full text search and XML data
- New data types and programming improvements
Day 3 – Community Day – Saturday 21st November
This is SQLBits “old skool”. If you have been to SQLBits before this will be very very familiar to you. We are still accepting sessions for this. If you fancy submitting a session then please go right ahead. SQLBits is all about providing new opportunities to aspiring speakers and we are always on the look out for new talent. However I won’t be able to promise any smug nipple rubbing at this talent show :o).
Interested?
Why not seize the moment and register yourself here. Spaces are capped and it is first come first served.
If you have any questions about the event or if you think your company would be interested in sponsoring the event then please get in touch with me.
Look forward to seeing you there!
Cheers, James