Database Administration As a Service® (Remote DBA) Blog
Posted on Mon, May 07, 2012 @ 08:49 PM
What is SQL Saturday
PASS SQLSaturday’s are free 1-day training events for SQL Server professionals that focus on local speakers, providing a variety of high-quality technical sessions, and making it all happen through the efforts of volunteers. Whether you're attending a SQLSaturday or thinking about hosting your own, we think you'll find it's a great way to spend a Saturday – or any day.
Boston SQL Saturday Next Date
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Other SQL Saturday's
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SQLSaturday #112 - Birmingham 2012 |
| May 12, 2012 |
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SQLSaturday #129 - Rochester 2012 |
| May 19, 2012 |
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SQLSaturday #142 - Waltham 2012 |
| May 19, 2012 |
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SQLSaturday #119 - Chicago 2012 |
| May 26, 2012 |
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SQLSaturday #106 - Puerto Rico 2012 |
| Jun 02, 2012 |
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SQLSaturday #117 - Columbus 2012 |
| Jun 09, 2012 |
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SQLSaturday #121 - Philadelphia 2012 |
| Jun 09, 2012 |
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SQLSaturday #132 - Pensacola 2012 |
| Jun 16, 2012 |
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SQLSaturday #141 - South Florida 2012 |
| Jun 30, 2012 |
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SQLSaturday #148 - Shanghai 2012 |
| Jul 14, 2012 |
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SQLSaturday #155 - Lima 2012 |
| Jul 21, 2012 |
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SQLSaturday #122 - Louisville 2012 |
| Jul 28, 2012 |
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SQLSaturday #126 - Indianapolis 2012 |
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SQLSaturday #144 - Sacramento 2012 |
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SQLSaturday #143 - Honolulu 2012 |
Attending a SQL Saturday is a no brainer ! ! ! If you are serious as a SQL Server professional then you should make the effort. I feel so strongly its why my company has helped sponsor these events locally.
Michael Corey
Founder & CEO, Ntirety
www.ntirety.com
My Personal Twitter Account: Michael_Corey
Ntirety Corporate Twitter Account: Ntirety
Database Administration As A Service® is a registered trademark of Ntirety, Inc
Posted on Mon, Apr 30, 2012 @ 02:38 PM
Learn Key Skills, Insights and Strategies around Oracle in Virtual Data Centers
Please join us to learn why the virtualization of Oracle is accelerating. Learn strategies, tips and skills from the subject matter experts and understand why knowledge experts in Oracle virtual data centers are becoming the most sought after specialists in the IT industry. The virtualization of Oracle on VMware is one of the fastest growing segments in the IT industry. The demand for Oracle virtualization experts on VMware is greatly exceeding the supply.
This workshop is being presented by three industry recognized Oracle experts and Oracle Ace's Michael Corey, Charles Kim and George Trujillo.
Agenda
08:30 a.m. Welcome, Registration & Breakfast
09:00 a.m. Virtualization Architecture and Fundamentals
09:30 a.m. Understanding the Rapid Acceleration of Oracle Virtualization
09:45 a.m. Key Strategies for Migrating to Virtual Servers
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. What DBAs need to Know about Virtual Infrastructure and Management
12:00 p.m. Key Tuning and Monitoring Metrics DBAs Need to Know
12:30 p.m. Lunch & Networking
Breakfast and Lunch will be provided
REGISTER TODAY. Seating is limited for this program and will be available on a first come, first served basis.
REGISTER HERE
Michael Corey
Founder & CEO, Ntirety
www.ntirety.com
My Personal Twitter Account: Michael_Corey
Ntirety Corporate Twitter Account: Ntirety
Database Administration As A Service® is a registered trademark of Ntirety, Inc
Posted on Fri, Apr 20, 2012 @ 04:07 PM
This is a copy of the blog I posted at Database Trends & Applications
My observations are based upon the SQL Server 2012 Special Ops tour I attended in Boston SQL Server 2012 Special OPS It is also based upon the one day Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Hands on Labs I attended at the Microsoft Technology Office in Waltham Ma.
SQL Server 2012 – First Thoughts
This version of SQL Server offers compelling reasons to upgrade. In other words, it rocks. To quote one of the speakers in the room who shall remain nameless “For the first time the database product is on par with major competitors”. This should give you a sense of just how good a release SQL Server 2012 is.
I have not been so excited about a SQL Server release since 2005. SQL Server 2005 was the difference between driving a racecar on the track versus a pickup truck as compared to SQL Server 2000 version of the database. Except for the ability to have backup compression, SQL Server 2008 was not a very exciting Database release for Microsoft.
SQL Server 2012 Always On Technology
SQL Server 2012 now has Always On technology. This is where the database can keep a mirror copy/copies of the database that are constantly being refreshed. In the event of a failure of the Primary, it will seamlessly fail over to another copy. What really different is that the unlike previous versions of SQL Server is you can use the copies to do real work. For example you could backup your production database off a copy. You could use one of the copies for a reporting server. This is huge.
SQL Server 2012 Always On Versus SQL Server Mirroring
This has significant advantages over traditional SQL Server Mirroring. In traditional mirroring
- You cannot manage groups of databases, so that when a single database failed they would all failover.
- There is only one Mirror of the database allowed
- The Mirror is not useable unless you are prepared to work with Snapshots.
SQL Server 2012 Always On Versus SQL Server Log Shipping.
Log Shipping can be very complex to set up. The biggest downfall is you cannot use the receiving database since it is in a recovery state as the transaction logs are being applied.
SQL Server Always On Versus SQL Server Clustering.
With SQL Server clustering, you are dealing with a shared storage system that adds cost and complexity to the equation. With a 2 node SQL Server Active/Active Cluster unlike an Oracle RAC database, only one node can access a database at a particular time.
So, when you compare SQL Server 2012 Always On technology to other current High Availability SQL Server options you can see why I think it rocks. This is a huge advancement for SQL Server.
SQL Server 2012 - Other Advancements.
Databases can now be grouped together. When a failure happens, the entire group of database is treated as one. When one fails over they all fail over. This is very powerful when you have an application that uses more than one database in an instance.
File Streams took a huge step forward. The database and the O/S can now communicate with each other, making it much easier and more transparent to keep both sides in sync. Additionally, the 2 Gig file limit is no longer a limitation.
You now have the ability to connect directly to a database and be given permission that only work within that database without going through the over all SQL Server. If for any reason you need to a database, the permission move with it from one server to another. The Server accounts are no longer needed or required. This takes security to a whole new level.
The Original Blog is Posted on Database Trends And
There is a new Column Store Index. This is really huge from a data warehouse perspective. By using the column store index, you eliminate the need to do Page I/O Latching. In other words avoid the need to go out to the disk. You are only doing I/O latching in memory. This provides a huge performance enhancement 10X plus!
SQL Server 2012 now support server level security roles. No longer do we need to create the same role in multiple databases. Can we say Security management on Steroids.
This release of SQL Server is the most compelling release to come out in 7 years. This is a real winner. The Always On capability and Column Store Index alone represent significant improvement over previous versions.
Michael Corey
Founder & CEO, Ntirety
www.ntirety.com
My Personal Twitter Account: Michael_Corey
Ntirety Corporate Twitter Account: Ntirety
Database Administration As A Service® is a registered trademark of Ntirety, Inc
Posted on Wed, Mar 28, 2012 @ 11:44 AM
Oracle World & IOUG Collaborate 2012
As I was putting the finishing touches on one of my presentations I am giving at the upcoming IOUG Collaborate conference a call for papers came in for Oracle Open World 2012. It got me thinking a little.
I attended my first Oracle conference in circa 1987. Oracle was just 10 years old. The conference was held in Washington D.C.. It was known as Oracle International Users Week. State of the art for Oracle back then was Version 4 . From a technology perspective there was no row level locking, cost base optimizer, nor stored procedures.
The presentation I gave at Oracle International Users Week was titled “It’s not in the Manuals”. Oracle world headquarters was located at 20 Davis Drive, Redwood City. It was suppose to be the Oracle office to end all offices. Back then Oracle was the dominant relational database on the market as it is today. Some things never change.
I was so excited to be able to attend the conference and learn first hand from the experience of the other users of the product and the many experts from Oracle Corporation directly. In one day at the conference I would have a chance to walk the vendor floor and see all the product, tools and 3-party solutions available out there. Today at Oracle Open World it would take you days just to walk the vendor floor alone. At the conference General session I would hear first hand the strategic direction for Oracle from Larry Ellison himself. Well its almost 30 years ago and my excitement still builds for IOUG Collaborate conference coming up in about 30 days.
No Substitute For The Real Thing
In these cost-cutting times, many companies are pushing their employees to attend virtual conferences. I do feel there is a place for virtual conferences, but nothing compares to the real thing.
- Walking the Vendor Floor At Oracle Open World/IOUG Collaborate I can learn more 3-party solutions in a day then would take me a month of google searching to find
- Seeing Larry Ellison on stage sharing his passion, there is no substitute that even comes close.
- Seeing a presentation live, being able to interact with the presenter, picking up all the nuances of what they are saying and being able to talk with the presenter afterwards. A virtualize session does not come close.
- Wednesday Night Party’s. Last year at Oracle Open World was Sting & Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Lets face it that rocks.
- Networking, Networking, Networking, Networking. You will be amazed who you will meet at the conference. Many years ago I met Bob Miner (Oracle Founder) waiting in line for an event.
- When you are in the office, you get interrupted. When you are at the conference you are able to take it all in.
My company Ntirety we invest in our people. We try to have a strong showing at events like Oracle Open World & IOUG Collaborate.
Oracle Open World Call For Papers
There are lots of great reasons for attending an event. A great way to make the business case for attending is to present a paper. Your conference fee is waived. That is the case for Oracle Open World and the
Independent Oracle Users Group Collaborate conference. I would strongly encourage you to do it. If you have never attended an Oracle Open World then you are missing out. It’s a great place to learn, network and see the strategic direction of the industry.
Oracle Open World Call For Papers
My Presentations At IOUG Collaborate
223: Trends in Database Administration and the Changing Role of the DBA
Databases keep getting bigger and bigger. Business applications that utilize ever-growing databases are expanding at an alarming rate. To stay competitive, businesses require additional functionality, and the technology needed to make that functionality possible keeps getting more complex. To make matters worse, the DBAs needed to keep it all running are hard to find and retain. Good DBA skills take years to acquire, and the role of the DBA is fundamentally changing. This presentation discusses these trends and how they affect your career as a DBA or as a DBA manager. If you're a DBA manager, understanding these trends will enable you to prevent staff burnout and be better equipped to align yourself with the needs of your organization.
826 Virtualization Boot Camp: Virtualizing Oracle On VMware – Quick Tips
A database is a very resource intensive by its very nature and one of the most resource intensive applications you will ever virtualize. If best practices are not followed, the database will never perform as needed. This presentation will teach the DBA best practices for Virtualizing Oracle/MySQL databases on VMware. The Best practices will carry over to Oracle VM.
If you attend IOUG Collaborate or Oracle Open World this year, please stop by and say hello.
Michael Corey
Founder & CEO, Ntirety
www.ntirety.com
My Personal Twitter Account: Michael_Corey
Ntirety Corporate Twitter Account: Ntirety
Database Administration As A Service® is a registered trademark of Ntirety, Inc.
Posted on Mon, Feb 27, 2012 @ 05:56 PM
City of Boston Nostalgia & Facts
This was sent to me via email. I have no idea who the author is. If you do, please let me know so I can give them credit. if you are living elsewhere and you are from Boston, then this is sure to give you some fun reminders.
North, South, East, West, Boston Style
The geographical center of Boston is in Roxbury. Due north of the center we find the South End.
This is not to be confused with South Boston which lies directly east from the South End.
North of the South End is East Boston and southwest of East Boston is the North End.
Harvard Bridge Why It Was Not Named The MIT Bridge
The bridge connecting Boston and Cambridge via Massachusetts Avenue is commonly known as the Harvard Bridge . When it was built, the state offered to name the bridge for the Cambridge school that could present the best claim for the honor. Harvard submitted an essay detailing its contributions to education in America, concluding that it deserved the honor of having a bridge leading into Cambridge named for the institution. MIT did a structural analysis of the bridge and found it so full of defects that they agreed that it should be named for Harvard.
Information on Boston and the Surrounding Areas
There is no school on School Street, no court on Court Street, no dock on Dock Square, and no water on Water Street. Back Bay
Boston streets are in alphabetical awddah: Arlington, Berkeley, Clarendon, Dartmouth, etc. So are South Boston streets: A, B, C, D, etc.
If the streets are named after trees (e.g. Walnut, Chestnut, Cedar), you are on Beacon Hill. If they are named after poets, you are in Wellesley.
Massachusetts Avenue is Mass Ave. Commonwealth Avenue is Comm Ave.
South Boston is Southie. The South End is the South End. East Boston is Eastie. The North End is east of the former West End. The West End and Scully Square are no more; a guy named Rappaport got rid of them one night. Roxbury is The Burree, Jamaica Plain is J.P.
How to say these Massachusetts city names correctly
Worcester : Wuhsta (or Wistah)
Gloucester : Glawsta
Leicester : Lesta
Woburn : Woobun
Dedham : Dead-um
Revere : Re -vee-ah
Quincy : Quinzee
Tewksbury : Tooks ber ry
Leominster : Le-min-sta
Peabody : Pee-ba-dee
Waltham : Walth-ham
Chatham : Chaddum
Samoset: Sam-oh-set or Sum-aw-set, but nevah Summerset!
Boston Definitions
Frappes are made with ice cream; milkshakes are not.
Soda means CLUB SODA.
Pop refers to DAD.
When we want Tonic WATER, we will ask for TONIC WATER.
The smallest beer is a pint.
Scrod is whatever they tell you it is, usually fish.
If you paid more than $7/pound, you got scrod.
It is not a water fountain; it is a bubblah.
It is not a spucky, a hero, or a grinder; it is a sub.
They are not franks; they are haht dahgs; franks are money used in Switzahland.
Police do not drive patrol units or black and whites; they drive a crewzas. If you take the bus,
you're on the looza crooza. It is not a rubber band; it is an elastic. It is not a traffic circle, it is a rotary.
"Going to the islands" means going to Martha's Vineyard or Nantucket .
The Sox = The Red Sox
The Cs = The Celtics
The Bs = The Bruins
The Pats =The Patriots
Things not to do:
Do not pahk your cah in Hahvid Yahd. They will tow it to Meffa ( Medford ) or Summahville (Somerville) .
Do not sleep on the Common. ( Boston Common)
Do not wear orange in Southie on St. Patrick's Day.
Things you should know
There are two State Houses, two City Halls, two courthouses, and two Hancock buildings (one is very old; one is relatively new).
The colored lights on top the old Hancock tell the weatha:
"Solid blue, clear view."
"Flashing blue, clouds due."
"Solid red, rain ahead."
"Flashing red, snow instead." (except in summer, flashing red means the Red Sox game was rained out!
Most people live here all their life and still do not know what the hell is going on with this one.
Route 128 South is I-95 south. It is also I-93 north.
The underground train is not a subway. It is the T, and it does not run all night (fah chrysakes,
this ain't Noo Yawk).
Order the cold tea in China Town after 2:00 am; you will get a kettle full of beer.
Bostonians: think that it is their God-given right to cut off someone in traffic.
Bostonians: think that there are only 25 letters in the alphabet (no Rs, except in idear.
Bostonians: think that three straight days of 90+ temperatures is a heat wave.
Bostonians: refer to six inches of snow as a dusting.
Bostonians: always hang a left as soon as the light turns green, and oncoming traffic always expects it..
Bostonians: believe that using your turn signal is a sign of weakness.
Bostonians: think that 63 degree ocean water is warm.
Bostonians: think Rhode Island accents are annoying.
I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did.
Founder & CEO, Ntirety
www.ntirety.com
My Personal Twitter Account: Michael_Corey
Ntirety Corporate Twitter Account: Ntirety
Database Administration As A Service@ is a registered trademark of Ntirety, Inc.
Posted on Fri, Feb 17, 2012 @ 10:15 PM
Posted on Sat, Feb 11, 2012 @ 03:03 PM
Why is completing the MSPAlliance UCS Audit Such A Big Deal?
As the CEO of Ntirety, I am really proud that we have taken the time and effort to complete the MSPALLIANCE UNIFIED CERTIFICATION STANDARD AUDIT. I have never made a secret of the fact I am  not a fan of the SAS-70 audit. The SAS-70 audit has very little relevance in determining the ability of a technology company to provide quality services. It was an accounting standard being stretched to incorporate technology companies. The fundamental idea behind the SAS-&) was good, but the practical practice of the idea brought little or no value to the table. Yes you got to check off that my Company has completed a SAS-70 Audit, but it was like saying the house is secure when every door and window was open.
Yet the SaS-70 had become the required check off item. So when an Audit Standard came along that really meant something, I embraced the idea of doing one. As a Vendor I like the fundemental idea of an audit that helps demonstrate abd validate that Ntirety is more capable of proving quality technologies services than the competition.
To The MSPAlliance credit, they recognized the need in the marketplace for an Audit that really gauged a company’s ability to provide quality-managed services over the cloud. The MSPAlliance created the first vendor neutral audit standard of care that matters. The MSPAlliance set the Bar high. As a professional I would want nothing less. I am happy to say when Ntirety was put to the test we passed. We are now part of that elite group of companies that were willing to let a third party come into our operations and Audit us on a number of items which included:
- Physical & Virtual Security
- Business & Financial stability
- Company has taken reasonable steps to assure that the client’s IT needs will be safely and professionally addressed
Things like a fully staffed U.S. Based 7X24 Database operations center matter. Having well documented Standard Operating Procedures in place and being followed matters. Making sure our own internal security is tested periodically matters. So when I looked at the fact they would Test our Physical & Virtual Security it mattered to me. It also mattered to our customers.
To Quote the MSPalliance Website.
MSPAlliance Unified Certification Standard for Cloud and Managed Service Providers™
The Unified Certification Standard (UCS), is a NON-TECHNICAL business certification (similar to a SAS70 Audit) for the cloud and managed services industry.
The UCS was created largely from the recommendations we received from governmental agencies and regulatory bodies from around the world and is the highest standard in non-technical certifications for the managed services industry to date and is widely accepted in the banking, healthcare and accounting industries.
How does the UCS differ from SAS70, COBIT or ITIL?
Unlike these other standards, the UCS offers service providers with a standard that is specific to their industry and profession and comes with a public facing report (created by a 3rd party public accounting firm) that can be used to provide the highest level of assurance to existing and prospective clients. SAS70, ITIL and COBIT are great standards, but they were never made for the managed services/cloud industry.
It’s also important to note that while other certifications may simply require an MSP to fill out and submit an online form and promise to adhere to a code of ethics; our certification (the UCS) requires all applicants to go through a rigorous exam, audit and onsite visit. When we first launched our accreditation and certification nearly 7 years ago, we purposefully set the bar high. More importantly we work hard to make sure that all data is verified by 3rd party auditors. This is a serious certification that carries a tremendous amount of merit and an achievement that any company can be proud of.
At Ntirety we take a lot of extra steps to make sure we do our job for our clients in the most safe and secure manner possible. At Ntirety it’s important that we provide world-class database expertise to out clients every single day. This audit is one of the many ways we ensure the trust you put in Ntirety as your business partner is well earned
Here is a copy of the press release...
NTIRETY SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES
MSPALLIANCE UNIFIED CERTIFICATION STANDARD AUDIT
Ntirety Achieves Elite Status through Globally Recognized, Vendor-neutral Benchmarking for Cloud and Managed Services Practitioners; Program Reinforces Quality Assurance and Reliability for Current, Potential Customers
DEDHAM, MA, JANUARY 25, 2012, NTIRETY, INC. today reported that it has been successfully audited and certified under the MSPAlliance’s (MSPA) Unified Certification Standard for Cloud and Managed Service Providers (UCS).
UCS is the first program of its kind, specifically designed and created to provide business consumers of cloud and managed services with the assurance that the service provider they hire meets or exceeds the highest principles of quality in areas such as financial stability, facilities, managed services practices, and customer satisfaction.
"The UCS audit is a rigorous audit and certification process that benchmarks and verifies the quality of the company providing managed services,” said Charles Weaver, MSPAlliance president. "We are very proud to have Ntirety join this elite body of Cloud and Managed Service Providers.”
UCS certification is based on a wide range of criteria with which to benchmark Managed IT Solution Providers, thereby ensuring that they have met and exceed well-established standards of excellence and client care. Clients that select a company that is part of the UCS can also rest assured that their IT solution provider has met and exceeded the following standards:
- Physical & Virtual Security
- Business & Financial stability
- Company has taken reasonable steps to assure that the client’s IT needs will be safely and professionally addressed
- Company is under constant external review from the MSPAlliance and the IT profession to continually maintain and improve standards of care of excellence
The UCS audit is performed by Frost, PLLC, a third party accounting firm.
“Ntirety, the pioneer of Database Administration as a Service®, is excited to be one of the first companies to successfully complete an Industry Standard Audit that measures a company’s ability to provide quality services through the cloud,” said Michael Corey, Ntirety Founder & CEO. “My hat goes off to the MSPAlliance for being an innovator and creating an Audit standard that tackles the unique challenges of delivery services across the cloud. At Ntirety, we are proud of our long term relationship with the MSPAlliance.
The MSPAlliance, with over 15,000 corporate members worldwide, is committed to increasing reliability and dependability in the industry surrounding the value and benefit of using Managed Service Providers to provide a wide range of mission-critical services. In addition, the MSPAlliance collects data on the practice of managed services on behalf of its members, to help them increase the value delivery of IT to the organizations they serve.
About Ntirety
Ntirety is the pioneer of Database Administration as a Service® for Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL databases. Ntirety’s team, which is based 100% in the U.S., consists of Database Experts who work with customers and partners on critical Database projects like Consolidation, Virtualization and Performance Tuning and who also help clients proactively manage their mission critical database and applications through ongoing managed services. In 2010, Talkin’ Cloud identified Ntirety as one of the Top 50 Cloud providers.
About MSPAlliance
For over 10 years, the MSPAlliance has been the only unified voice for the Managed Services Industry, and the only organization that promotes the highest level of professionalism, reliability and integrity. As the world's largest Professional Association and Accrediting Body for the Managed Services Industry, the MSPAlliance was created to meet the needs of the Managed Services Professional and to educate the end-user community on the benefits of using a Managed Service Provider.
Michael Corey
Founder & CEO, Ntirety
www.ntirety.com
My Personal Twitter Account: Michael_Corey
Ntirety Corporate Twitter Account: Ntirety
Database Administration As A Service@ is a registered trademark of Ntirety, Inc.
Posted on Fri, Feb 10, 2012 @ 08:11 PM
Excitement Builds As I Travel To VMware Partner Exchange
Well it’s Friday and I am on my way to VMware Partner Exchange. I am so excited to being heading to the VMware Partner Exchange. Did I tell you how excited I am to be heading to VMware Partner Exchange? The last time I remember being this excited was when I attended my first Oracle Conference in 1984. Back then I felt like we were changing the database world. Well its clear to me we did. Well VMware is changing the technology field in a big way. Today its quite common to see my clients SQL Server Production Database on a VMware platform. On the Oracle front, that transition is starting is starting to happen fast.
This event is non-stop action. I am not sure I will even have time to enjoy Vegas. For those of you on this blog who don’t know me. I taught all my kids how to play craps by age 10. As I told my wife, who use to give me looks as I was doing it. Craps is a great way to have a child practice math. I also give blackjack lesson at Ntirety. We even have sponsored some company trips to Mohegan Sun in CT.
For me to tell you I may not have time to gamble. It’s a big thing. Let me share with you my schedule so far……
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TEX1499 Advanced Tuning for Virtualizing Challenging Applications
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CIM1359 Architecting a Cloud Infrastructure
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CAP1352 Building Resilient, High-Performance, Distributed Applications That Are Data Intensive
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PAR1577 Cisco Panel Discussion: The Platform on Which Innovation Is Built
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TEX1393 Disaster Recovery in the Cloud for Partner Applications
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PAR1575 Journey to the Cloud- IBM and VMware Solutions
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CAP1353 Managing High Performance Data with SQLFire
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PAR1574 NetApp and VMware – The Smart Decision to Virtualizing Business Critical Applications
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CIM1326 Oracle Databases on vSphere5 Best Practices
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CXO1489 Secrets of High Growth Sales & Profitability: What VMware’s fastest growing Solution Providers don’t want anyone else to know.
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CIM1250 Selling the VMware Advantage for Business Continuity and Security
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CIM1327 Success in Virtualization of Business Critical Applications & update on a new Competency
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CIM1217 Turbo-charge your Tier 1 apps sales with the Business Critical Production bundle
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CIM1342 Understanding licensing for Tier 1 ISVs (Oracle, IBM, Microsoft) to build a solid business case to virtualise Business Critical Applications
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Virtualizing Business Critical Applications - Solution Track
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Virtualizing Exchange and SQL
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Virtualizing Oracle DB
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Virtualizing Oracle Sunday Boot Camp
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Virtualizing Oracle
The Virtualizing Oracle is an all day boot camp on Sunday. The Instructors are a dream team of Oracle Expertise and VMware expertise. I know Don Sullivan will be speaking. He has been working with Oracle a very long time. Don also worked for Oracle Corporation for a number of years. He is a very thoughtful person who puts a lot of time and effort to his presentations. I expect that I will learn a lot from Don in the Boot camp. Don Sullivan is also a die hard Yankee’s fan I have come to respect. He knows more about baseball than anyone I know. Yes I made the mistake of betting him a Steak Dinner over the Super Bowl. Needless to say I lost. I will be eating a lot of humble pie.
George Trujillo will also be presenting. George is a very interesting man who is an awesome presenter. I recently saw him present at the recent Northeast VMUG meeting. It was held at Patriot Place in Foxboro Massachusetts the home of the New England Patriots football team. The Northeast VMUG meeting had over 1500 people attend. Does that give you a sense of how hot VMware technology is. George has worked for Oracle, MySQL and now VMware. George has so many certifications I could write book on just his credentials. He was Recently up for Oracle ACE Director but was not awarded it. I suspect working for VMware was the reason he did not get it. Given he is one of the smartest technologist I know. Given all his credentials, I am amazed Oracle did not give it to him.
Rumor Has it David Welch from the House of Brick will be speaking. David is a really knowledgeable man when it comes Oracle and VMware. As CEO of Ntirety, I am really Bias. I feel Ntirety has the best Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server expertise in the world. We have people on staff that go back to Oracle version 3. With that said, I have nothing but respect for David Welch and the people at the House of Brick. He has built an excellent team there. I am really looking forward to hearing David speak.
When you put a business critical application like Oracle on a Virtualized platform, its really important you know what you are doing. VMware has amassed some great expertise. These three people are just the tip of the iceberg. Everyone I have met at VMware has really impressed me on the Oracle side. I am really looking forward to the bootcamp. It has to be this great a team to keep me awayfrom the tables on Sunday. I know it will be.
Virtualizing Exchange and Microsoft SQL Server Saturday Boot Camp
Being an oracle person, I started with the Oracle boot camp first. I am told the SQL Server team is awesome at VMware. That it’s as strong as the oracle team. So I have really high expectations for Saturday. Ntirety will have quite a few of its SQL Server DBA’s attending. We are all looking really forward to it.
Virtualizing Business Critical Applications Monday Boot Camp
On Monday I will be attending the Business Critical Applications boot camp. Just any one of these events makes it worthwhile for me to attend the conference. When I think to myself, the conference has not even started and I am getting 3 days of awesome crtical applicartion deep dives. Wow I am blown away. My understanding Robin Liong is the mastermind behind Mondays boot camp. I have worked with Robin on quite a few issues. Robin gets it, he cares and he works hard to make sure VMware is adding value to its partners. With that said, I have very high expectation for Monday.
As you can see, the boot camps alone are tremendous. Once we realized just how good, they were we decided to send quite a few more people to the conference.
Tuesday on...
Look at this list. I have not even finished choosing yet. When we saw how jammed pack this event was going to be. At Ntirety we decided to send a lot of people here. Virtualization is just too important a technology and this event offers such rich content not to make the investment.
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TEX1499 Advanced Tuning for Virtualizing Challenging Applications
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CIM1359 Architecting a Cloud Infrastructure
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CAP1352 Building Resilient, High-Performance, Distributed Applications That Are Data Intensive
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PAR1577 Cisco Panel Discussion: The Platform on Which Innovation Is Built
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TEX1393 Disaster Recovery in the Cloud for Partner Applications
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PAR1575 Journey to the Cloud- IBM and VMware Solutions
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My advice is simple. Sign up early for the events you want to attend. Or you will get blocked out. Plan to work really hard all day. But don’t forget to play hard at night. Dont miss out on the boot camps. There is so much happening here, take in as much as you can.
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Posted on Mon, Jan 09, 2012 @ 08:52 PM
A friend of mine has launched a new product and I thought I would give him a plug .....
A New Server Room Monitor, Climate Guard LT
LITTLETON, MA (01/09/12) – Burk Technology is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Climate Guard LT, a server room environmental monitor. Climate Guard LT expands on Burk’s line of environmental monitors, offering a cost effective solution to detect and avoid temperature and other environmental problems.
Environmental problems in the server room can cause costly downtime, damage expensive equipment, and even lead to loss of mission-critical data. HVAC equipment failure, power outages, and simple human error can cause catastrophic IT problems—especially after hours. Server rooms and data centers of all sizes require comprehensive monitoring of environmental conditions to detect a problem as early as possible.
“IT departments are increasingly looking for budget-friendly solutions that won’t sacrifice uptime and reliability,” said Jonathan Burk, Vice President of Burk Technology (www.burk.com). “Climate Guard LT facilitates cost saving and green IT initiatives by closely monitoring server room conditions and alerting IT staff to developing problems.”
Climate Guard LT features built-in temperature, light and sound sensors and is easily expandable with plug-and-play external sensors. Climate Guard LT uses a built-in web interface and requires no software installation or browser plug-ins, allowing use from any computer, tablet or smartphone. Email, SMS and SNMP notifications ensure that responsible personnel can respond to problems quickly and effectively.
Climate Guard LT is the newest model in Burk Technology’s award-winning line of environmental monitors. For a live demo, visit http://www.burk.com/Products/ClimateGuard.aspx.
About Burk Technology Inc.
Winner of numerous industry awards for excellence and innovation, Burk Technology’s solutions manage and protect critical assets for corporate, government and military customers worldwide. In business since 1985, Burk Technology has earned the trust of demanding organizations of all sizes, from small businesses to well-known Fortune 500 companies. Based in Littleton, Mass., Burk Technology is a UL-certified ISO9001:2008 company. Visit www.burk.com for more information.
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Michael Corey
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Posted on Tue, Nov 22, 2011 @ 08:49 PM
The Thanksgiving Holiday is almost upon us. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, full of good food and friends. Every year we have quite a big group. I think the count this year will be over 14 people. As I think about thanksgiving, its hard not to think about the Pilgrims. So I decided to do a little web search and see what came up that I might share with you. At the End of this I will give you some useful information on how to cook your Thanksgiving turkey.
On the History News Network, I came across Top 10 Myths About Thanksgiving
Here are a portion of that article...
Top 10 Myths About Thanksgiving
By Rick Shenkman
MYTH # 1
The Pilgrims Held the First Thanksgiving
To see what the first Thanksgiving was like you have to go to: Texas. Texans claim the first Thanksgiving in America actually took place in little San Elizario, a community near El Paso, in 1598 -- twenty-three years before the Pilgrims' festival. For several years they have staged a reenactment of the event that culminated in the Thanksgiving celebration: the arrival of Spanish explorer Juan de Onate on the banks of the Rio Grande. De Onate is said to have held a big Thanksgiving festival after leading hundreds of settlers on a grueling 350-mile long trek across the Mexican desert.
Then again, you may want to go to Virginia.. At the Berkeley Plantation on the James River they claim the first Thanksgiving in America was held there on December 4th, 1619....two years before the Pilgrims' festival....and every year since 1958 they have reenacted the event. In their view it's not the Mayflower we should remember, it's the Margaret, the little ship which brought 38 English settlers to the plantation in 1619. The story is that the settlers had been ordered by the London company that sponsored them to commemorate the ship's arrival with an annual day of Thanksgiving. Hardly anybody outside Virginia has ever heard of this Thanksgiving, but in 1963 President Kennedy officially recognized the plantation's claim.
MYTH # 2
Thanksgiving Was About Family
If by Thanksgiving, you have in mind the Pilgrim festival, forget about it being a family holiday. Put away your Norman Rockwell paintings. Turn off Bing Crosby. Thanksgiving was a multicultural community event. If it had been about family, the Pilgrims never would have invited the Indians to join them.
MYTH # 3
Thanksgiving Was About Religion
No it wasn't. Paraphrasing the answer provided above, if Thanksgiving had been about religion, the Pilgrims never would have invited the Indians to join them. Besides, the Pilgrims would never have tolerated festivities at a true religious event. Indeed, what we think of as Thanksgiving was really a harvest festival. Actual "Thanksgivings" were religious affairs; everybody spent the day praying. Incidentally, these Pilgrim Thanksgivings occurred at different times of the year, not just in November.
MYTH # 4
The Pilgrims Ate Turkey
What did the Pilgrims eat at their Thanksgiving festival? They didn't have corn on the cob, apples, pears, potatoes or even cranberries. No one knows if they had turkey, although they were used to eating turkey. The only food we know they had for sure was deer. 11(And they didn't eat with a fork; they didn't have forks back then.)
So how did we get the idea that you have turkey and cranberry and such on Thanksgiving? It was because the Victorians prepared Thanksgiving that way. And they're the ones who made Thanksgiving a national holiday, beginning in 1863, when Abe Lincoln issued his presidential Thanksgiving proclamations...two of them: one to celebrate Thanksgiving in August, a second one in November. Before Lincoln Americans outside New England did not usually celebrate the holiday. (The Pilgrims, incidentally, didn't become part of the holiday until late in the nineteenth century. Until then, Thanksgiving was simply a day of thanks, not a day to remember the Pilgrims.)
MYTH # 5
The Pilgrims Landed on Plymouth Rock
According to historian George Willison, who devoted his life to the subject, the story about the rock is all malarkey, a public relations stunt pulled off by townsfolk to attract attention. What Willison found out is that the Plymouth Rock legend rests entirely on the dubious testimony of Thomas Faunce, a ninety-five year old man, who told the story more than a century after the Mayflower landed. Unfortunately, not too many people ever heard how we came by the story of Plymouth Rock. Willison's book came out at the end of World War II and Americans had more on their minds than Pilgrims then. So we've all just gone merrily along repeating the same old story as if it's true when it's not. And anyway, the Pilgrims didn't land in Plymouth first. They first made landfall at Provincetown. Of course, the people of Plymouth stick by hoary tradition. Tour guides insist that Plymouth Rock is THE rock.
MYTH # 6
Pilgrims Lived in Log Cabins
No Pilgrim ever lived in a log cabin. The log cabin did not appear in America until late in the seventeenth century, when it was introduced by Germans and Swedes. The very term "log cabin" cannot be found in print until the 1770s. Log cabins were virtually unknown in England at the time the Pilgrims arrived in America. So what kind of dwellings did the Pilgrims inhabit? As you can see if you visit Plimoth Plantation in Massachusetts, the Pilgrims lived in wood clapboard houses made from sawed lumber.
MYTH # 7
Pilgrims Dressed in Black
Not only did they not dress in black, they did not wear those funny buckles, weird shoes, or black steeple hats. So how did we get the idea of the buckles? Plimoth Plantation historian James W. Baker explains that in the nineteenth century, when the popular image of the Pilgrims was formed, buckles served as a kind of emblem of quaintness. That's the reason illustrators gave Santa buckles. Even the blunderbuss, with which Pilgrims are identified, was a symbol of quaintness. The blunderbuss was mainly used to control crowds. It wasn't a hunting rifle. But it looks out of date and fits the Pilgrim stereotype.
How Long to Cook the Turkey
At my House, we always wonder how long to cook the turkey. Here is some very useful information on how to Cook a Turkey...
Consumer Information From USDA
Slightly Revised November 1998
Turkey Basics: Safe Cooking
Turkeys Are Cooking Faster Than Before
But "timing's NOT everything." Recommended cooking techniques must also be followed. A meat thermometer should be used to ensure a sufficient internal temperature has been reached to destroy bacteria and prevent foodborne illness -- as well as to prevent overcooking.
Many variables can affect the roasting time of the whole bird:
- A partially frozen bird requires longer cooking.
- Dark roasting pans cook faster than shiny metals.
- The depth and size of the pan can reduce heat circulation to all areas of the bird.
- The use of a foil tent for the entire time can slow cooking.
- Use of the roasting pan's lid speeds cooking.
- An oven cooking bag can accelerate cooking time.
- A stuffed bird takes longer to cook.
- Oven may heat food unevenly.
- Calibration of the oven's thermostat may be inaccurate.
- The rack position can have an effect on even cooking and heat circulation.
- A turkey or its pan may be too large for the oven, thus blocking heat circulation.
ROASTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR SAFETY AND DONENESS:
1. Set the oven temperature no lower than 325 °F. Preheating is not necessary.
2. Be sure the turkey is completely thawed. Times are based on fresh or completely thawed frozen birds at a refrigerator temperature of 40 °F or below.
3. Place turkey breast-side up on a flat wire rack in a shallow roasting pan 2 to 2 1/2 inches deep.
Optional steps:
- Tuck wing tips back under shoulders of bird (called "akimbo").
- Add 1/2 cup water to the bottom of the pan.
- In the beginning, a tent of aluminum foil may be placed loosely over the breast of the turkey for the first 1 to 1 1/2 hours, then removed for browning. Or, a tent of foil may be placed over the turkey after the turkey has reached the desired golden brown.
4. If a meat thermometer is not available, cook stuffing in a casserole. Mix ingredients just before stuffing a turkey; stuff loosely. Additional time is required for the turkey and stuffing to reach a safe internal temperature (see chart below).
5. For safety and doneness, the internal temperature should be checked with a meat thermometer.
The temperature must reach 180 °F in the thigh of a whole turkey (center of the stuffing should reach 165 °F) before removing it from the oven. Cook a turkey breast to 170 °F.
6. Juices should be clear. In the absence of a meat thermometer, pierce an unstuffed turkey with a fork in several places; juices should be clear with no trace of pink.
7. Let the bird stand 20 minutes before removing stuffing and carving.
APPROXIMATE COOKING TIMES
UNSTUFFED
- 4 to 6 lb breast.....1 1/2 to 2 1/4 hrs
- 6 to 8 lb breast...2 1/4 to 3 1/4 hrs
- 8 to 12 lbs................2 3/4 to 3 hrs
- 12 to 14 lbs..............3 to 3 3/4 hrs
- 14 to 18 lbs........3 3/4 to 4 1/4 hrs
- 18 to 20 lbs........4 1/4 to 4 1/2 hrs
- 20 to 24 lbs..............4 1/2 to 5 hrs
STUFFED
- 8 to 12 lbs...............3 to 3 1/2 hrs
- 12 to 14 lbs..............3 1/2 to 4 hrs
- 14 to 18 lbs..............4 to 4 1/4 hrs
- 18 to 20 lbs........4 1/4 to 4 3/4 hrs
- 20 to 24 lbs........4 3/4 to 5 1/4 hrs
For Further Information Contact:
FSIS Food Safety Education and Communications Staff
Meat and Poultry Hotline:
- 1-800-535-4555 (Tollfree Nationwide)
- (202) 720-3333 (Washington, DC area)
- 1-800-256-7072 (TDD/TTY)
Source:
Food Safety and Inspection Service,
Food Safety Education & Communications Staff
(202) 720-7943; Fax (202) 720-9063
USDA Food Safety Publications
What To Do When All Else Fails Cooking The Turkey
 
Butterball is the nations largest turkey producer. They have run a hotline for many years. Where you can call and get help. They are very good.
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