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A Technical Architect surrounded by Business Analysts on Oct 19, 2009Recently I attended the Business Analysis Conference in London that I spoke about in my previous post. My reason for being there was I accepted an invite to be a speaker on a panel discussing  “The Role Of The BA: What Is Expected And What Is De...

Business Analysis Conference London 2009 on Sep 21, 2009Next week I will be sitting on a panel at the Business Analysis Conference discussing “The Role Of The BA: What Is Expected And What Is Delivered” As you may have noticed, I’m not a BA and nor is anyone else on the panel! The common factor bet...

Channel 9 Video Introduction to SQL Server ‘Madison’ on Sep 2, 2009A little while back I posted a question on Channel 9 wanting to know more about SQL Server ‘Madison’ project. Well Charles Torre being the extremely nice bloke that he is (Thanks Charles I owe you another beer, perhaps not London Pride next time!

Put your questions to the SQL Server Development Group about Madison, Gemini and Kilimanjaro on Jul 20, 2009I’ve started a thread on Channel 9 to ask my questions about Madison, Gemini and Kilimanjaro which is now 2008 R2. If you’ve got any burning questions why don’t you put them there as well. The Channel 9 team are planning to do a series of vide...

Award Winning Innovation on Jul 12, 2009Recently, I was lucky enough to win an Award for Innovation by my company. At the moment Powerlines are inspected by two main ways, in a helicopter or on foot. 4x4 vehicles are the obvious alternative but are actually very limited in where they can...

Free SQL Server 2008 Developer Training Kit! on Jun 13, 2009 in SQL Server Continuing my series of great free stuff for SQL Server I’ve pulled a rabbit out of the hat for you today! In this economic climate one of the first things that seems to get cut is the training budget so anything that can help get your head around...

A very good Free SQL Server Utility : FineBuild on Jun 9, 2009 in SQL Server Codeplex is a wonderful site. However not just for the .Net coder but the SQL Server guy/gal can find plenty of goodies there as well. One such goody is the FineBuild utility that does as the name suggest helps create a ‘Fine Build’ of your SQL...