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November 2009 - Posts

• PASS Nederland Chapter Meeting 17/11/2009

  For those of you who aren’t aware I am currently working out of the Netherlands. That’s one of the joys of being  a consultant for a global organisation – you can literally end up anywhere! However, last night I had the please of speaking to the Read More... Posted 18 November 2009 07:38 by James.Rowland-Jones | 0 Comments Filed under: BI, SQLBITS, Community, SQL Server 2008, Data Warehousing

• SQLBits V : Friday Ticket Give-away!

  Andrew Fryer , Microsoft IT Pro evangelist extraordinaire, has 25 free tickets to give away for this Friday’s SQLBits SQL Server 2008 and R2 day!  Head over to his blog here to find out how you can claim a ticket and bag yourself a great geeky day Read More... Posted 16 November 2009 16:43 by James.Rowland-Jones | 2 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, Community, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2

• My new SQL 2008 Internals Book!!!

  I say my but really of course I mean “our” :o).  It’s been a fantastic experience and I have got to know some great people and had a lot of fun, stress heartache and now joy.  Big thanks to the team at Wrox, especially Ami and of course my fellow Read More... Posted 13 November 2009 11:15 by James.Rowland-Jones | 11 Comments Filed under: SQL Server 2008, New SQL Book

• Bob Muglia demonstrates 192 core SQL Server 2008 R2 – with record performance

  Today is the beginning of PASS 2009.  I am currently sat in the key note and have just seen Bob Muglia demonstrate a SQL Server 2008 R2 running 192 cores. I think that’s worth sharing. As I am sat next to Simon Sabin I thought I’d share this using Read More... Posted 03 November 2009 17:15 by James.Rowland-Jones | 0 Comments Filed under: Community, PASS, SQL Server 2008 R2

• Get Mugged at #SQLPASS 09

  Tomorrow I am hosting a table at the Birds of a Feather lunch and am following this up with my stint in the Ask The Experts Area (Data Warehousing). Please feel free to come by and say hi.  I know of two people now that have stumbled upon my blog Read More... Posted 03 November 2009 08:05 by James.Rowland-Jones | 0 Comments