Tech4Him – Technology with Integrity

Hey there all you IT folks Do you feel like God is calling you to use your talents and gifts in a different way? If so, I want to tell you about a conference that is coming up.

May 15-16 in Dallas or October 23-24 in Orlando.

The Check IT Out conference is only a few weeks away in Dallas, Texas. This conference is put on by Wycliffe and a number of partner organizations with representation from Wycliffe Bible Translators USA, The Seed Company, SIL (Summer Institute of Linguistics), JAARS, etc… This year, it will be hosted by The Seed Company at their Arlington, Texas offices. Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 8% [?]

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.

• 2,000 photo uploads per second
• 40,000,000 uploads per day
• 1,000,000,000 uploads per month (a billion!) Read the rest of this entry »

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Hey there everyone. Have I got a treat for someone out there.

Are you a SQL Server DBA, Developer, Report Writer?
Do you align with a desire to spread God’s Word?
Do you love working in an evolving/energetic environment? Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 11% [?]

Not sure how I missed this on 4/7/2009, but SP1 is now available for SQL Server 2008. Important to some are change to the deployment and management options of the SP. Read the rest of this entry »

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Agile Business Intelligence – Proven Techniques that move BI Development into the Agile World

Presenter: Ted Malone
http://portal.sqltrainer.com

Gotta love Ted. He’s been with SQL Server since Beta v1.0 on OS/2.

Ted’s presentation is about Agile development method using Visual Studio Team System. Hoping some methodologies can apply using other tools. Read the rest of this entry »

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Presenter: Craig Utley, Mentor with Solid Quality Mentors

craig@solidq.com
http://learnmicrosoftbi.com

General Design

• SSAS 2005 and 2008 are extremely different from SSAS 2000
• Upgrading from 200 might work on small simple cubes. Not recommended
• In almost all cases, expect to redesign the AS db to take advantage of new features
• For larger project, plan to have a hardware expert available who understands SAN, load balancing, etc… Read the rest of this entry »

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Below I am posting some of my notes from the various sessions, along with comments, observations and occasional odd humor.

The Accidental Business Intelligence Administrator

This session is designed for SQL Server DBAs who find themselves having to support SQL Server Business Intelligence projects using Reporting Services, Integration Services or Analysis Services. We’ll talk about the lifecycle of projects using these tools, how they impact your SQL Server infrastructure, and what adaptations you might need to make as a production DBA in order to maintain and secure them. Along the way, you might just learn what all those “other” services do that are listed in the SQL Server Configuration Manager. Read the rest of this entry »

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Happy Earth Day everyone! I write to you from the lobby of the SSWUG Business Intelligence Virtual Conference, my home office. hehe.. Yup, that’s right, no travel, no hassle, no shoes required. Read the rest of this entry »

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