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Houston User Group Casino Night

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The Houston SharePoint User group reached out to other area user groups this year and asked if we would like to participate in a joint user group event around Christmas time. We, of course, thought this was a fantastic idea. What is better than having community get together? Having multiple communities get together for a [...]

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SQL Saturday #97, Austin Wrap Up

Last weekend I presented Adventures in Project Management at SQL Saturday #97, Austin.  This was the first time I gave this presentation and it went really well.  The talk was well attended and seemed to be well received.  I think the fact that no one threw any fruit at me means they liked it.  You [...]

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Speaking at SQL Saturday #97

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I have been selected to speak at SQL Saturday #97 in Austin, TX on October 1st. I will be presenting a bonus topic, Adventures in Project Management. I am very much looking forward to presenting is Austin. Reviewing the lineup, it will be an event not to be missed. Some of my favorite people will [...]

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SRS Double Hop Authentication

I was recently asked by a client to architect a data and reporting environment.  Part of the business requirements was separation of the production database server and the reporting services server.   Another part of the business requirements stated that the reports were to leverage a shared data source and Windows Authentication.  While none of the [...]

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What we can learn from the Foursquare outage

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In the world of mobile location based services, it does not get any bigger thanFoursquare. On October 6th, 2010, they experienced an 11-hour outage that was caused by unknown errors encountered while adding a new shard to the database. While Foursquare is not a business critical application, their outage gives those of us who do support [...]

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19 iPad Applications for Business Users

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Everyday more and more iPads show up in boardrooms across the globe. While many classify the iPad as a consumer device, corporate IT departments are going have to support them. Below I have created a list of iPad applications that can be leveraged by business users. To read my full list of applications check out [...]

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