Office 365 for the Enterprise

Office 365 for the Enterprise

Jun

17

2013

With my role at Geocent as the Infrastructure Practice Lead, I have spent quite a bit of time working with clients come up with solutions to their complex business needs.  That has given me a lot of time to really review and discuss the wide range of options available.  As I talk with IT leaders ...
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SQL Saturday #145 Nashville

SQL Saturday #145 Nashville

Oct

16

2012

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SQL Saturday #150 Baton Rouge

SQL Saturday #150 Baton Rouge

Aug

2

2012

I will be delivering my presentation Adventures in Project Management this weekend, August 4th at SQL Saturday #150 in Baton Rouge.  The presentation abstract can be found below. Abstract Projects that run long, run over budget, or flat out fail always get management’s attention, and not good attention.  This session will cover the project management ...
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New Beginnings

Aug

2

2012

I want to take a moment to everyone who reached out to me both publicly and privately to wish me well on my new endeavor.  It truly means a lot to me.  There are many reasons that I love the SQL community and that is certainly one of them. Without further adieu…I have accepted a ...
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Leaving Insource: A Farewell

Jul

19

2012

12 years ago I moved to Texas from New Orleans, LA to attend Texas A&M University in College Station. My time in Texas has been amazing. I have made some great friends both personally and professionally. While I have enjoyed being here, there has always been something calling me home. I can’t explain it, it ...
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I’m writing a book…Pro: SQL Server 2012 Practices

Jul

17

2012

I have not posted on my blog for quite a while. I had some issues develop in my personal life that I had to take care of but the larger reason is that I have been working on a book project with some pretty amazing people like Chris Shaw (Blog | Twitter), Grant Fritchey (Blog ...
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Securing SQL Server with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)

May

16

2012

If it was not clear by my recent post Auditing SQL Server, I have compliance and security on my mind lately. This post is no different. While SQL Server has had encryption for some time, implementation takes significant planning and can require modification of application code. With SQL Server 2008, Microsoft introduced Transparent Data Encryption ...
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T-SQL Tuesday: DBA Ethics

May

8

2012

This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by my friend Chris Shaw (Blog | Twitter) and covers DBA’s Ethics. He posed some interesting questions on the topic. Should we have an ethics statement? As a certified project manager from the Project Management Institute, I am already bound by a code of ethics. This code applies to ...
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SQL Saturday #107, Houston Afterthoughts and Lessons Learned

Apr

26

2012

It has been a couple of days since the event and I have had a chance to reflect on some of the things that we did well and those that we didn’t. This was our second SQL Saturday in Houston and with the Steering Committee intact from the previous event it felt like it went ...
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SQL

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Auditing SQL Server

Auditing SQL Server

Apr

24

2012

“An auditor is someone who arrives after the battle and bayonets all the wounded” It is the time of year in the United States that the word “audit” conjures up images of the Internal Revenue Service dragging us across a bed of hot coals. But that is not the case when we talk about it ...
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