July 2009 - Posts

• Windows 7 now RTM !

  Just heard that Windows 7 has been released to manufacturing. Congratulations to the team at Microsoft for this milestone! Read More... Posted Thursday, July 23, 2009 1:38 PM by Greg Low | 1 Comments

• Disk Partition Alignment Best Practices for SQL Server Whitepaper

  In the last rotation of the Microsoft Certified Masters for SQL Server 2008, I had the pleasure of having Jimmy May in the class. One topic we covered was on disk partition alignment and as I knew Jimmy had been working on the whitepaper, I got him to Read More... Posted Sunday, July 05, 2009 4:57 PM by Greg Low | 0 Comments

• Book: Refactoring SQL Applications - Stephane Faroult

  I've had a number of people tell me over the years that they aren't surprised when I say "Recommended" at the end of any book review I write, as I never seem to say "Not Recommended". I suppose that comes under the heading of "if you can't say anything Read More... Posted Friday, July 03, 2009 4:58 PM by Greg Low | 4 Comments

• Book: SharePoint 2007 How-To - Ishai Sagi

  If you're working with SQL Server, chances are pretty high that you already realise that your future involves SharePoint as well. Fellow Australian MVP Ishai Sagai recently sent me a copy of his new book SharePoint 2007 How-To . I have to say I really Read More... Posted Friday, July 03, 2009 4:53 PM by Greg Low | 0 Comments

• CodeCampSA (Adelaide) is on again this year

  One of the smaller events I try to get to each year is the Code Camp that happens in Adelaide ( www.codecampsa.com ). It might be smaller but I always enjoy it and I'm sure that Peter Griffiths and David Gardiner will be putting on a good show again this Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 01, 2009 3:47 PM by Greg Low | 2 Comments