Would You Fly a Plane with One Engine? Or Run Your Airline with One Data Center(re)?
For those of you who may of been in the US or outside of Europe this past weekend, you may not have heard about the major British Airways IT outage, that took down their entire operations for most of Saturday and into Sunday. Rumors, which were later confirmed, were that a switch from primary to […]
Denny Cherry announced as a speaker at PASS Summit 2017
I’m thrilled to be able to report that I’ve been announced as a speaker at the 2017 PASS Summit. I’m thrilled to have been selected as a speaker for the PASS Summit just like I am every year when I get selected. The specific sessions that I’ll be presenting haven’t been announced yet, but that […]
It’s time to grow DCAC again, this time adding Monica Rathbun to the company
It’s been an interesting ride running DCAC and growing the company so that we can handle more projects and more clients at once. I’m pleased to report that we’re growing the company again. We are adding Monica Rathbun (b | t) to the company as our newest consultant. Monica brings 16 years of experience working as […]
Don’t Assume that Your Sessions Need to Be 500 Level
You know what people say about what happens when you assume something, right? Don’t be an ass and make assumptions. One trend I’ve seen in recent years from some conference is that the conferences tend to prefer super advanced, internals, deep-dive sessions. While these sessions are very cool, and we all like to totally geek […]
Among Giants
Since becoming a Database Administrator I’ve always looked at Microsoft MVP’s as the giants in our field. I never once thought I could be among them. I am very humbled to be recognized as a Microsoft Data Platform MVP for 2017. Thank you to those that deemed me worthy enough to nominate me. What is … Continue reading Among Giants
Lone DBA Podcast
I recently had the pleasure of being a guest on a Podcast episode with the SQL Data Partners Carlos Chacon (B|T) and Steve Stedman (B|T). If you haven’t had a chance to attend one of my sessions on Survival Tips for the Lone DBA, this is great insight into it. I share via questions and … Continue reading Lone DBA Podcast
