Beginning Sql Server 2008 Administration: Databases/Sql Server
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Robert E. Walters,
Dreamtech Press (Publisher)
Published
2009
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About the Author
Rob Walters works with Microsoft as a data platform technology specialist covering the Northeast district. Rob’s extensive experience with Microsoft SQL Server started over 8 years ago when he worked as a consultant for Microsoft Consulting Services in Denver, Colorado. Shortly after the dot-com bubble burst, Rob returned to Microsoft’s headquarters and worked as a program manager in the SQL Server product unit. There he owned various features within SQL Server including SQL Server Agent, various management features, and the security for the database engine. Rob is lead author on Accelerated SQL Server 2008 and has coauthored other texts including Pro SQL Server 2005. Mr. Walters holds a bachelors of science in electrical engineering from Michigan State University and a masters degree in business administration from Seattle University. When not thinking about databases, he enjoys spending time with his wife, children, and two St Bernard dogs. Grant Fritchey is currently working as a development DBA for FM Global, an industry-leading engineering and insurance company. In his previous time as a DBA and developer, he has worked at three failed dot-coms, a major consulting company, and a global bank. He has developed large-scale applications in languages such as VB, C#, and Java and has lived with SQL Server from the hoary days of 6.0, right through to 2008. His nickname at work is “The Scary DBA.” He even has an official name plate, and he displays it proudly. Grant volunteers for the Professional Association of SQL Server Users (PASS) and has written and published articles on various topics relating to SQL Server at Simple-Talk, SQL Server Central, SQL Server Performance, the PASS web site, SQL Standard, and the SQL Server Worldwide Users Group. He is the author of the book Dissecting SQL Server Execution Plans. He is one of the founding officers of the Southern New England SQL Server Users Group (SNESSUG).Outside work, Grant kayaks, learns and teaches self-defense, brews his own beer, chops wood to heat his house, raises his kids, and helps lead a pack of Cub Scouts. Carmen Taglienti is a SQL Server Business Intelligence Architect for Microsoft in the Microsoft Technology Center in Boston. Prior to Microsoft he managed a Business Intelligence project for a Microsoft partner in which he built large scale data warehouse and analytic solutions using SQL Server. His academic background is in Systems Engineering/Computer Science. Over the course of his career he has managed his own consulting business and worked as a 3D graphics programmer for a government contractor.Carmen spends a lot of time working with customers creating SQL Server platform solutions. He has published papers on data warehousing, frequently speaks at conferences and teaches internal Microsoft Courses on Business Intelligence and SQL Server. Outside of work Carmen is a triathlete and enjoys coaching his son in the sport. He also loves to spend time with his wife, daughter and two dogs.
