This year Data Education is offering a few more classes with Itzik Ben-Gan, the world's foremost T-SQL instructor. Our first offering has just been announced: Atlanta, May 13-17. Neither Itzik nor his class needs much introduction, but click through for a full outline and other details. We think that Atlanta is a great city, with an amazingly ...

Want to learn more about SSIS? I  can help. In my course - From Zero To SSIS – I teach you how to effectively use SSIS to deliver data integration solutions. This is not a market-y survey of the bells and whistles contained in SSIS. I focus on the tasks data integration and ETL developers will use to produce SSIS packages in the enterprise. ...

Early bird registration is now open for Linchpin People’s SSIS training course From Zero To SSIS scheduled for 15-19 Oct 2012 in Reston Virginia! Register today – the early bird discount ends 28 Sep 2012. Training Description From Zero to SSIS was developed by Andy Leonard to train technology professionals in the fine art of using SQL Server ...

It’s an interesting time in computing technology. At one point there was a dearth of information available for solving a given problem, or educating ourselves on broader topics so that we can solve problems in the future. With dozens, perhaps hundreds or thousands of web sites and content available (for free, in many cases) from vendors, ...

We still have a few seats available in the Learning SQL Server 2012 Integration Services class in London in mid-September. You can learn details here and register for the course here. I hope to see you there in September! :{>

This  is actually just a very short post to get my name back up in the list on the right side of SQLBlog, because Adam’s configuration removes people who haven’t posted in 3 months. I’ve been extremely busy trying to get my  new book finished, and then get my course updated for its first delivery this week. I’ll be teaching it again in ...

My friends at TechniTrain, the students, and I had a blast during the March 2012 London delivery of From Zero To SSIS! We have decided to do it again in September 2012 with my new Learning SSIS 2012 3-day course! Please find a course outline here. It is difficult to list everything I cover in the course, but the outline hits the high spots. This ...

I am pleased to announce the latest (free!) Linchpin People microtraining event will be held Tuesday 22 May 2012 at 10:00 AM EDT. The topic will be Executing SSIS 2012 Packages. In this presentation, I will be demonstrating several ways to execute SSIS 2012 packages. Register here! Interested in learning about more microtraining from Linchpin ...

Linchpin People is considering public training delivery for From Zero To SSIS! We would love to hear from you about your interest in this training. Please take this three-question survey to let us know of your interest and location preference. :{>

In case you haven't noticed, Data Education (the training company I started a couple of years ago) has expanded beyond the US northeast; we're currently offering courses with top trainers in both St. Louis and Chicago, as well as the Boston area. The courses are starting to fill up fast—not surprising when you consider we’re talking about ...