Rick Heiges : Future SQL, Education

Rick Review: Day 3 Keynote PASS Summit 2011 - Big Data-What's the Big Deal?

RickHeiges — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:40:00 GMT

I recently did a Rick Review of the Day 3 Keynote from the 2008 PASS Community Summit that featured Dr. DeWitt speaking on new technology that ended up in the Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) edition of SQL Server 2008 R2. I decided to also listen again...(read more)

Rick Review: Day 3 Keynote of the 2008 PASS Community Summit

RickHeiges — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:04:00 GMT

Am I stuck in the past? Not really, but I like to blog about the recordings that I have recently watched. There are a lot of recordings out there on the PASS website and other places. Recently I have had the good fortune of exploring some of the neat...(read more)

Parallel Data Processing

RickHeiges — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:42:00 GMT

While working on several other items earlier tonight, I remembered that the PASS Keynotes were on the PASS website from this past Summit. Perhaps one of the best keynotes that I had heard in sometime was by Dr. David DeWitt. This keynote was more like a classroom lecture than a marketing keynote. If you had slept in on Friday morning at the summit and missed this keynote, you missed the best one. If you didn't attend the PASS Community Summit in 2008, you can view this (and the other keynotes) for free. Just visit the following link:

http://www.sqlpass.org/LearningCenter/SummitOnDemand.aspx

There are several other top-rated sessions available for everyone to see as well. Take a step to improve your knowledge this week and enjoy your lunch in front of your computer and learn about the future of databases.