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March 12, 2015: Microsoft MVP Presents High Availability and Azure at the New York City Metro SQL Server User Group

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SIOS is proud to sponsor the New York City Metro User Group’s March meeting. If you’re in the area, I highly recommend checking out this month’s session “High Availability and Azure for SQL Server” presented by Microsoft Cluster MVP and SIOS’ own Senior Technology Evangelist, Dave Bermingham.

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Location: Microsoft , 11 Times Square, New York, NY (NE Corner of 41st St and 8th Ave.)
Date: March 12, 2014
Time: 6:00 PM

Session Abstract

High Availability and Azure for SQL Server

Come and Join us for a presentation on SQL Server High Availability using Azure sponser by SIOS. Refreshments will be provided.

David Bermingham is recognized within the technology community as a high availability expert and has been honored by his peers by being elected to be a Microsoft MVP in Clustering since 2010. David’s work as director of Technical Evangelist at SIOS has him focused on evangelizing Microsoft high availability and disaster recovery solutions as well as providing hands on support, training and professional services for cluster implementations. David hold numerous technical certifications and draws from over twenty years of experience IT, including work in the finance, healthcare and education fields, to help organizations design solutions to meet their high availability and disaster recovery needs. David has recently begun speaking on deploying highly available SQL Servers in the Azure Cloud and deploying Azure Hybrid Cloud for disaster recovery.

Presentation:

  • Understand the concept of Azure Fault Domains and Update Domains in relation to SQL Server high availability in Azure IaaS
  • Learn how SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups and Failover Cluster instances can be deployed in Azure for High Availability
  • Learn how Azure’s Internal Load Balancer is used in AlwaysOn deployments for client redirection
  • Learn how Azure Hybrid cloud configurations can be used in Azure to provide both high availability and disaster recovery

About Dave Bermingham
Dave Bermingham is recognized within the technology community as a high availability expert and has been honored by his peers by being elected to be a Microsoft MVP in Clustering since 2010.  Dave’s work as director of Technical Evangelist at SIOS has him focused on evangelizing Microsoft high availability and disaster recovery solutions as well as providing hands on support, training and professional services for cluster implementations.

Dave hold numerous technical certifications and draws from over twenty years of experience IT, including work in the finance, healthcare and education fields, to help organizations design solutions to meet their high availability and disaster recovery needs. Dave has recently begun speaking on deploying highly available SQL Servers in the Azure Cloud and deploying Azure Hybrid Cloud for disaster recovery.

Check out Dave’s blog at www.ClusteringForMereMortals.com and follow him on twitter (@DaveBerm).

 

March 4-7, 2015: SIOS sponsors and attends SQL Bits London

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SIOS is proud to be an Exhibitor Sponsor at SQL Bits London. This multi-day SQL Server conference that brings the best and brightest minds in the SQL community from all over the word. Join us at this one of a kind training event to learn more about our SAN and #SANLess clustering solutions.

SQL Bits is being held at the ExCel Exhibition Center in London from March 4-7, 2015. Full conference passes are available from £599 (GBP). There are also daily packages available and no-cost sessions on Saturday March 7th. Additional pricing information can be found here.

Visit SQLBits.com to learn more or to register.

SQL Bits XIII

ExCel Exhibition and Conference Center
London, United Kingdom
March 4-7, 2014
Overview | Sessions | Event Agenda

Feb 19, 2015: Live Webinar – Protect Your SQL Server Data in the Cloud – Three Ways to Avoid Downtime

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Looking to migrate or deploy your SQL Server in the cloud? Are you concerned about your HA and DR options to protect SQL data from downtime?

SQL Server MVP Joey D’Antoni will discuss three ways enterprises are currently providing high availability protection for their SQL Server applications and data in the cloud using real-world examples. Joey will share his experiences with deploying SQL in the cloud and conclude with a live Q&A session.

This webinar is interactive so come ready to ask your questions, add your comments, and join the discussion.

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Date: February 19, 2014 Time: 10:00a PST (1:00p EST)

About Joey D’Antoni

Joseph D’Antoni is an Senior Architect and SQL Server MVP with over a decade of experience working in both Fortune 500 and smaller firms. He is currently Principal Consultant at Denny Cherry and Associates in Malvern, PA. He is frequent speaker at major tech events, and blogger about all topics technology. He believes that no single platform is the answer to all technology problems. He holds a BS in Computer Information Systems from Louisiana Tech and an MBA from North Carolina State.

March 3, 2015: SIOS Sponsors Ohio North SQL Server User Group

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SIOS is proud to sponsor the Ohio North SQL Server User Group’s March meeting. If you’re in the area, I highly recommend checking out this month’s session “Updating Statistics Affects Query Performance More Than You Think” featuring Erin Stellato, Principal Consultant SQLskills.com.

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Location: Microsoft Corporation, 6050 Oak Tree Blvd. Suite 300, Independence, OH 44131
Date: March 3, 2014
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Session Abstract

Stop me if you’ve heard this one, “This query is slow, let’s update statistics.” But what does updating statistics *really* do to your query performance? And is it the right solution? While updating statistics may provide a short-term solution, it can bury the true root cause. If you’re not familiar with what happens to query plans when you update statistics, then don’t miss this session. We’ll set the stage with a review of what statistics are, how the optimizer uses them, and discuss the various ways you can update them. Then we’ll explore what happens to plans when you *do* update statistics, and you’ll see why that might not always be the right long-term solution.

About Erin Stellato

Erin Stellato is a Principal Consultant with SQLskills and lives in Cleveland, OH. She has over 12 years of technology experience and has worked with SQL Server since 2003. Her areas of interest include internals, performance tuning, and high availability and disaster recovery. Erin is a SQL Server MVP and an active member of the SQL Server community. She is involved with the Ohio North SQL Server User Group and blogs at SQLskills.com/blogs/erin. You can find her on Twitter at @ErinStellato.

 

January 27, 2015: Triad SQL Server User Group

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SIOS is proud to sponsor the Triad SQL Server User Group’s January meeting. If you’re in the area, I highly recommend checking out this month’s session featuring Erin Stellato, Principal Consultant SQLskills.com.

Location: 4821 Koger Blvd, Greensboro, North Carolina
Date: January 27, 2014
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Session Abstract

“If you’re like me, you’ve been using SQL Trace and Profiler since you started using SQL Server. They’re like old friends, tried and true. You know how they work, you know what you can capture, you know how to find the data you need. But now you’ve been told that your good friends have been deprecated in SQL Server 2012, and you need to become best friends with Extended Events. What is THAT all about? It’s ok. Really. In this session we’ll look at Profiler and Extended Events side by side to see how easy it is to transition to Extended Events. We’ll step through real world examples using Extended Events to do what you’re used to doing with Trace, and even more. You can find the time learn Extended Events…today.”

About Erin Stellato

Erin Stellato is a Principal Consultant with SQLskills and lives in Cleveland, OH. She has over 12 years of technology experience and has worked with SQL Server since 2003. Her areas of interest include internals, performance tuning, and high availability and disaster recovery. Erin is a SQL Server MVP and an active member of the SQL Server community. She is involved with the Ohio North SQL Server User Group and blogs at SQLskills.com/blogs/erin. You can find her on Twitter at @ErinStellato.