I am honored to present a day-long preconference before SQL Saturday 255 (Dallas) entitled A Day of SSIS 2012. Please register here. I’m excited to visit the Dallas area! Here’s some information about the precon – I hope to see you there! Training Description A Day of SSIS was developed by Andy Leonard to train technology professionals in the ...

When: October 15, 2013 8:45 am - 4:45 pm Charlotte, NC Where: Wake Forest University Charlotte Center 200 North College Street Charlotte, NC 28202 What: Business Intelligence Markup Language (Biml) automates your BI patterns and eliminates the manual repetition that consumes most of your time. Come see why BI professionals ...

In his article Healthcare's Big Problem With Little Data, author Dan Munro raises salient points about the state of health-related data. Electronic Health Records (EHR) were promoted as the end-all-be-all solution for the industry – a standardization that, I suppose, many thought would organically and naturally occur, stabilize, and be ...

Join SQL Server MVP Tim Mitchell (blog | @Tim_Mitchell) and I as we demonstrate and discuss the many uses of scripting in SQL Server 2012 Integration Services 8 May 2013 at 11:00 AM EDT! In this demo-packed session, two co-authors of the book SSIS Design Patterns share their experience using the Script Task and Script Component to accomplish ...

Kent Bradshaw and I are pleased to announce another free webinar: Medical Data Integration with SSIS 2012, Part 2 - Providers and Drugs. Register today! The recording of the first part of this series is available here.  :{>

I am honored to present Creating a Custom SSIS Task this Saturday – 13 Apr 2013 – at SQL Saturday 189 – Costa Rica! Espero que se unan a mí! :{>

PASS Data Warehouse / Business Intelligence Virtual Chapter Co-ChairWeb: http://bi.sqlpass.org | Email: PASSDWBIVC@sqlpass.org | Twitter: @PASSBIVC  Friday February 22nd 11am EST(US)Hacking the SSIS 2012 CatalogSpeaker: Andy ...

I will be unveiling a shiny new presentation – Hacking the SSIS 2012 Catalog – at the SQL Server Innovators Guild in Greenville South Carolina 5 Feb 2013! The location of the meeting is: ECPI, Greenville, SC 1001 Keys Dr Greenville, SC 29615 If you will be in the area that evening and if you read this blog, stop by and introduce ...

The recording of the presentation Using Enterprise Data Integration Dashboards is now available! Enjoy! :{>

I am honored to present SQL Server 2012 Design Patterns at the University of Virginia’s Local Support Partners Fall Conference 2012 tomorrow! :{>