For the past two years, I have had the honor and privilege or authoring SSIS Design Patterns alongside Jessica Moss, Michelle Ufford, Tim Mitchell, and Matt Masson. Publication of the book – like many projects of this scope – has been delayed. The current publication date is 27 Aug 2012 and I have high confidence in this date. I take ...

Introduction I'm honored to deliver two presentations to the Regina Technology Community 26 Apr 2011! Part I - Database Design for DevelopersThis interactive session is for software developers tasked with database development. Attend and learn about patterns and anti-patterns of database development, one method for building re-executable ...

The tune to a Bush song is running through my head as I type this... the band, not the president - although imagining the President singing the song is an interesting brain-stretch. It's a fact of IT life that everything scales. Some successfully, even. Problems start when things do not scale successfully (or well). It happens in business. It ...