Category Archives: Conferences

SQLBits to be Held this Friday in London

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Just as a reminder, if you have registered to attend SQLBits this Friday, April 16, at the Church House Conference Centre in Westminster, London, be sure to confirm your registration if you have not done so already. And if you have registered and been confirmed, but now can’t attend, please sign in at the SQLBits website and let them know, as registration is now full, and there are people who would like to attend if you can’t make it.

Red Gate Software (unfortunately I can’t attend, as I am speaking at the Chicago SQL Saturday) will be having a vendor booth at SQLBits, and you are invited to stop by the booth and learn more about the upcoming version 2.0 of SQL Response. You will be able to see an early version of the product and provide your feedback. Tell them that Brad sent you. Hopefully, I will be able to attend the next SQLBits to be held later this year.

SQLBits 6 to Be Held in London, April 16, 2010

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image The upcoming SQLBits 6, to be held Friday, April 16, 2010, will be held at the Church House Conference Centre in Westminster, London, England. This full day, free event will be themed around SQL Server performance and scalability.

Currently, the call for speakers is open, and if you would like to submit session abstracts for consideration, you can find out more here.

Official registration for the event will begin in March, but if you planning on attending, you need to mark your calendar now, and also sign up at the SQLBits website in order to be notified as soon as registration opens.

Have You Checked Out the Upcoming SQLSaturday Events for 2010?

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2010 is beginning to look like a great year for SQLSaturday events this year. Already, there are nine planned, and many more in the works. These free, one-day events are a great way to hone your DBA knowledge, and to develop new contacts. If you are interested in speaking at an event, its also a great way to get speaking experience.

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Thursday at the PASS Community Summit

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The last full day of the 2009 PASS Community Summit was the first day I have had at the conference to attend sessions all day long. My day started with two keynotes. After the obligatory vendor keynote, Dr. David DeWitt presented a keynote on future trends in data and storage technology in SQL Server, which was well-received by the audience.  See Steve Jones’ blog for more information on the keynote.

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Wednesday at the PASS Community Summit

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The second day of the full PASS Summit was packed with sessions. If fact, it was hard to select from the 56 sessions that were available.

The day started with the Rushabh Mehta announcing the 2009 PASSion Awards, an annual award given by PASS to those volunteers that have given a lot of their time volunteering. This year, two awards were made. For the North American award, it was given to Allen Kinsel , who gave a lot of time volunteering for the PASS Program Committee.

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