Came across an interesting video today from Facebook. It is apparently fairly common for small teams, 3-5 people, to work together to create a product. In this case, the “photos” application.
According to the video, photos has become much more popular than expects. To give you some idea of how popular, take a look at these statistics.
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Presenter: Thomas LaRock
Database Administration Manager
ING Investment Management
In SQL 2008, Maintenance Plans create a workflow of tasks to ensure your database is optimized and backed up on a regular schedule. The Maintenance Plan will create an SSIS package that will be scheduled and run with SQL Agent. Attend this session and learn how Maintenance Plans will ease your administrative overhead. Read the rest of this entry »
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Jeremy@datarealized.com
DMV – Dynamic Management Views (and functions)
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The numbers are finally in and DrupalCon DC was not only a success as touted by many who attended but also from a business standpoint.
According to the post “DrupalCon DC By the Numbers: Community, Profit, and Sustainability | DrupalCon DC.”, the event made the Drupal Association $185,780.69 after all was said and done.
A total of 1,422 people attended the Drupalcon DC event in many of 109 sessions and apparently over 100 BOF (birds of a feather) gatherings. I must say, this is impressive.
One thing I really liked hearing about was the association is looking what the focus of future DrupalCons will be. Personally, I see a good business case to slowly start working in some non-developer focused tracks. While DrupalCon is a developer event, more “users” of Drupal are non-developers, or folks that maybe cross certain lines between developer and non-developer.
Perhaps it is time to look at a business track showing the business users how things can get done with Drupal to solve business needs. We’ll be listening to see where the association goes with their thoughts on the subject. Of course, if you are likewise inclined, let the association know. Remember, “silence is acceptance”.
Of course, who can not forget the myriad of sponsors, volunteers and gracious hearts that continue to make DrupalCon what is has become. This is still the heart of Drupal. Don’t lose it! 
Blessings
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