Adam Machanic : New England

[New England] Mark Souza on Big Data and Cloud at NESQL

Adam Machanic — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 18:33:00 GMT

This Thursday, January 17, at New England SQL Server we'll be featuring Mark Souza , General Manager of the Data Platform Group at Microsoft. Most of you are probably familiar with that name; he's the guy who founded the CAT team , and he's been in a...(read more)

Where Can You Find Me the Rest of This Year?

Adam Machanic — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:28:00 GMT

Autumn is creeping inevitably closer here in the US, and that means that speaking season is about to kick into high gear. Here's my current schedule for the remainder of the year: September 8, 17:00 GMT (online) - 24 Hours of PASS webcast: "Baseline Basics...(read more)

[New England] SQL Saturday 71 - April 2 - Boston Area

Adam Machanic — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:08:00 GMT

April in the Boston area means many things. The Boston Marathon, the beginning of baseball season, and -- hopefully -- a bit of a respite from the ridiculously cold and snowy winter we've been having. This April will mean one more thing: A full-day, free...(read more)

Spend a Week With Kalen Delaney in the Boston Area

Adam Machanic — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:30:00 GMT

If you're reading this blog, you're undoubtedly already familiar with Kalen Delaney . She's been writing the premier internals book series for Microsoft since SQL Server 7.0, teaching SQL Server for many years before that, and is known as one of the most...(read more)

[New England] Last-Minute Discount for SSIS Mastery

Adam Machanic — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:20:00 GMT

Just a quick post to let you know that there are still some seats available for Andy Leonard's " From Zero to SSIS " course, running October 6-8 in Waltham, MA. To help move the final seats we're offering a great discount to companies that are interested...(read more)

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

Adam Machanic — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:57:00 GMT

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)

World Class Training For Them, an Amazon Gift Certificate For You

Adam Machanic — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:40:00 GMT

We have just two weeks to go before Paul Randal and Kimberly Tripp touch down in the Boston area to deliver their famous SQL Server Immersions course . This is going to be a truly fantastic SQL Server learning experience and we're hoping a few more people...(read more)

Paul Randal and Kimberly Tripp - Boston Area - March 29-April 2

Adam Machanic — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:09:00 GMT

If you've been looking for advanced training in the northeast, your wait is over. Paul and Kimberly will be gracing us with one of their famous "SQL Server Immersion" events the week of March 29. This course will cover storage engine internals, indexing...(read more)

New England Data Camp v2.0 (SQL Saturday #34): The Almost-Final Schedule

Adam Machanic — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:25:00 GMT

The January 30 event is now starting to shape up quite nicely! Below you will find the current schedule of sessions for the day. We still have some room, so if you haven't registered already, now is the time to do so. Please make sure to register online...(read more)

New England Data Camp v2.0 (SQL Saturday #34) - January 30, Waltham MA - Registration and Call for Speakers Open

Adam Machanic — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:59:00 GMT

Last week I very quietly announced, via Twitter, that we've officially launched the site for New England Data Camp v2.0 , the second go at a full-day event jointly hosted by both the New England SQL Server Users Group and the Southern New England SQL...(read more)

[New England] Kalen Delaney Internals and Query Tuning - in the Boston area October 12-16

Adam Machanic — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:16:00 GMT

In case you missed Kalen's post , we're excited to announce that she will be joining us here on the East Coast in October to deliver her SQL Server 2005/2008 Internals and Query Tuning seminar. This is, to my knowledge, the most advanced public SQL Server...(read more)

[New England] FYI: Andy Leonard Rocks!

Adam Machanic — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:40:00 GMT

Just a quick note to say thanks to Andy Leonard for coming all the way to Boston to do a talk at the New England SQL Server Users Group last night. Andy's topic was Change Data Capture and SSIS 2008, and in addition to those core areas he showed the group a variety of related tips and tricks. He is not only extremely technically saavy, but also a very engaging speaker -- a really great combination and I'm glad that we had the chance to bring him out.

If you're in the area, make sure to stop by for future meetings. More great stuff coming up, but the speakers have quite a challenge given the standard set by Andy last night!

New England Data Camp v1.0 Complete Schedule

Adam Machanic — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:12:00 GMT

Last week I posted about New England Data Camp v1.0, a PASS Community Connection event that we're doing next weekend here in warm, sunny Massachusetts (well, at least it's kind of sunny). Today I'm happy to share the complete final schedule for the event.

Click here to download the schedule.

I'm really happy with how the schedule has turned out. We have four tracks: BI, DB Dev, DBA, and Data-Driven App Dev; 14 speakers; and a total of 18 sessions on a really diverse set of topics. This should be a fantastic event.

If you want to join us, you need to register as soon as possible. See you next week!

A big thank you to our sponsors:

PASS
Our two excellent Microsoft DEs: Chris Bowen and Jim O'Neil
New England SQL Server Users Group (Boston area)
Southern New England SQL Server Users Group (Providence area)

[New England] New England Data Camp v1.0 - January 24

Adam Machanic — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:32:00 GMT

If you live in the greater Boston area you might be interested in knowing that the New England SQL Server Users Group and Southern New England SQL Server Users Group have been quietly working for the past several weeks to create a SQL Server oriented Code Camp, using the PASS Community Connection framework. Following is the blurb we came up with to describe the event:

It's all about the data! Today's applications are increasing data-dependent and whether you are a developer, DBA, or BI professional, you need to know how to work a variety of data across a range of products. This free, full-day Code Camp-style event will feature three concurrent tracks throughout the day to satisfy any tech professional who is interested in the latest and greatest tips and techniques for working with SQL Server 2005 and 2008, the Microsoft BI toolset, and all of the new .NET data access technologies, including LINQ and the Entity Framework.

Interested in attending? Click here to join us! Register soon; space is limited and the event is starting to fill up. You can find a current list of the sessions that are planned for the day by clicking here. I'll post again once we have a full time table worked out.

Like all Code Camp style events, this one has an open call for speakers, which we'll leave open until early next week. If you're interested in presenting, please submit an abstract or two! The more speakers the better for this kind of community event. For instructions on how to do that, please see Chris Bowen's blog post announcing the Data Camp.

Please let me know if you have any questions. We're looking forward to a great event, and hope to see you there!

[New England] NESQL October 9: SQL Server 2008 Performance Studio

Adam Machanic — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:43:00 GMT

Just a quick note to remind people in the greater Boston area that tomorrow night, Thursday October 9, Jeremy Gaige from Idera Software will be doing a presentation on SQL Server 2008 Performance Studio at the New England SQL Server Users Group. This should be a really interesting session on a fantastic new SQL Server 2008 feature. Hope to see you there!

Note: if you are planning to attend, please RSVP by sending an e-mail to nesql [at] hotmail [dot] com. Only people who RSVP will be able to win giveaways at the end of the night.