Speaking at SQL Saturday #118: Wisconsin 2012

21 March 2012 by Bob Pusateri in Speaking , SQL Server , SQLServerPedia Syndication , Upcoming Presentations with zero comments

I feel very fortunate to have been chosen as a speaker for SQL Saturday #118 in Wisconsin on April 21, 2012. After an excellent time speaking at MADPASS in February, I’m really looking forward to getting back to Madison for this event!

I’ll be giving my presentation entitled The Skinny on Data Compression which covers the [...]

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T-SQL and B-Ball: My 2012 NCAA Bracket

14 March 2012 by Bob Pusateri in SQL Server , SQLServerPedia Syndication with 7 comments

March Madness is once again upon us, which means it’s time for one of the biggest time sinks of the year: filling out a bracket for the pseudo-sanctioned office NCAA pool. Along with the superbowl, this is a hallowed time when bosses turn a blind eye to all the cash that seems to be heading [...]

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T-SQL Tuesday #28: Jack of All Trades or Master of None?

13 March 2012 by Bob Pusateri in SQL Server , TSQL Tuesday with 2 comments

This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is brought to us by newly-minted MCM Argenis Fernandez (blog | @DBArgenis), who I had the pleasure of meeting in person for the first time a few weeks ago. Argenis is asking if we specialize or not, why we do (or don’t) specialize, and why we feel that’s a good thing.

For [...]

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T-SQL Tuesday #27: Why I Love Big Data

14 February 2012 by Bob Pusateri in TSQL Tuesday with one comment

Happy T-SQL Tuesday to all! (and happy Valentine’s Day too!) This month’s T-SQL Tuesday comes to us courtesy of Steve Jones (blog | @way0utwest). Steve is asking us to write about “big data” – specifically the problems we’ve solved or interesting ways we’ve found to work with it. In honor of the holiday, I’m going [...]

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A Restore Tale

9 February 2012 by Bob Pusateri in Hardware , Redundancy with zero comments

If you’re reading this, you probably already know that while backup strategies are important, restore strategies are what really matter. If you aren’t able to restore a database when a disaster has occurred and money’s on the line, you may find yourself very quickly updating your resume and leaving town. Practicing restores will not only [...]

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