August 2010 - Posts

• Who Are You?

  I started blogging approximately six years ago. I don't know the exact date due to the fact that my prior blog site no longer exists and the archives have long since been wiped, but it was sometime in 2004, probably in late summer or early fall--so right Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 17, 2010 2:02 PM by Adam Machanic | 82 Comments Filed under: you

• RunAs Radio Goes Parallel!

  Just a quick note to let you know that I did an interview with my friend Richard Campbell for his IT podcast, RunAs Radio . The topic is -- of course -- the common theme of my blog as of late: parallelism. Check it out! Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 11, 2010 11:42 AM by Adam Machanic | 0 Comments Filed under: parallelism, parallel processing, interview, radio, RunAs

• Three Days with an SSIS Master - In the Boston Area - At a Discounted Price

  If you've been working with SQL Server for long, you are no doubt familiar with the work of Andy Leonard . Andy is a true master of the art and science of data extraction, transformation, and loading. And as his recent blog series on the software business Read More... Posted Monday, August 09, 2010 1:57 PM by Adam Machanic | 0 Comments Filed under: New England, boston, training, ETL, SSIS

• PASS Summit 2010 Post-Conference Seminar on Parallel Processing

  I am honored to have been selected for a second year in a row to present a full-day seminar at the PASS Summit. This year's seminar will be a "post-con", and will be delivered on Friday, November 12 . The title of the seminar is " A Day of Doing Many Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 04, 2010 1:37 PM by Adam Machanic | 1 Comments Filed under: Performance, PASS, parallelism, parallel processing

• PASS Performance Virtual Chapter: Parallelize Your Queries!

  Last month a new PASS Virtual Chapter was introduced, one with a theme that is near and dear to much of what I like to work on: performance . Tomorrow, Tuesday August 3rd at noon Eastern time , the chapter will have its second meeting, and I will be doing Read More... Posted Monday, August 02, 2010 12:51 PM by Adam Machanic | 4 Comments Filed under: Performance, PASS, parallelism, parallel processing, query plans