In early 2001 I worked @ a start-up company with about 150 people. I call it a start-up because it had no revenue but did have free breakfast, lunch and dinner. @ the company there were five people named Michelle and six named Dan (including yours truly...

Bar Bosch , in Palma de Mallorca, is one of my favourite places to hang out. It's hectic and noisy, but still leaves space and time for endless discussions or reflection. It is the perfect place to pretentiously pore over Žižek or Derrida. Yet in...

By way of introduction, I run a team in SQL Server called Database Systems Group. It’s the engineering team that builds the relational systems for SQL. The single largest piece of this is the core RDBMS itself (usually referred to around here as The Engine...

As you may know we've announced that Microsoft's cloud computing platform, Windows Azure , will have commercial availability as of the first day of the upcoming Professional Developer's Conference in Los Angeles on November 17th, 2009. In addition...

November is the month of conferences. There are four pretty major conferences going on and we have SQL Server Manageability sessions @ all of them. Here’s the run down: SQL PASS When: November 2-5, 2009 Where: Seattle, Washington Site: http://summit2009...