Anith Gopal

Det blir fullsatt på Microsoft kontoret i Akalla, lämna gärna bilen hemma, så väl eftermiddag som kväll. Det är trångt om p-plats såväl i Akalla såsom runt Stureplan så här i juni månad

Maybe it’s because I’ve been swamped this week while the sun’s been shining here in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, but I’ve been doing some thinking about buffer, downtime, and productivity. I don’t think it’s a secret that projects have a tendency to come in late sometimes

Thank you to everyone who attended the NAV DCO/MOSS workshops over the last couple of weeks. The feedback has been fantastic

This Saturday, the NJ SQL User Group is hosting a SQL Server Performance Tuning event at the Microsoft office in Iselin, NJ.  Looks like a great line up of content on the agenda.  Details from the NJ SQL UG website below… Do you want to learn SQL Server Performance Tuning Strategies from the Pros? Then, you have found the right event!! Come join the NJ SQL Server User group for a free Saturday event that includes 4 sessions on Performance Tuning Topics. Date: Saturday, May 16 th Registration: Required Registration Link: https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=137968 Location: Microsoft Office (Iselin, NJ) Time: 8:15am – 3pm Agenda: 8:15am – 9:00am: Attendee Check-In and Breakfast 9:00am – 9:15am: Welcome 9:15am – 10:15am: Stress Testing SQL Server (Hilary Cotter – MVP) 10:15am – 10:30am: Break 10:30am – 11:30am: Query Plan Optimization / T-SQL Performance Tricks (Alec Lazarescu) 11:30am – 12:15pm: Lunch 12:15pm – 1:15pm: Performance tuning XML and XQuery in SQL Server 2008 (Michael Coles – MVP) 1:15pm – 2:15pm: Disk I/O Related Performance Tuning (Linchi Shea – MVP) 2:30pm – 2:45pm: Wrap-Up and Raffle/Swag Bios/Session Abstracts: Link

I have been blogging about compatibility of late and this week will be in a Windows 7 Compatibility Lab with Dave Allen (who I interviewed ). Customers are rightly concerned about compatibility when rolling out a new Operating System release.

In a down economy, it could take more than just fancy new hardware to attract new converts to the Apple/AT&T cause. Sucker fanbois like me will be forking over whatever they ask us for to get our hands on the new device, but that doesn’t help telcos expand their subscriber numbers, or Apple grow their user base. It’s always nice to keep the customers you already have, but the real money is in growth and expansion, and a new iPhone, even with video recording capabilities, won’t be enough to convince everyone to sign over two years of their life.