- Do you know that at viva you will be expected to defend your work?
- Will you be able to state the main achievements of your dissertation writing task?
- Do you feel confident enough to discuss shortcomings and respond to the detailed questioning from the examiners?

The Dissertation viva is a necessary part of the assessment for all UK Dissertation modules. The viva is part of the assessment for the module, and the final mark for the module is a r… Continue

When Dissertation Troubles Surrounded Me:

This is an appreciative letter to thank the people who provided pin-point and professional dissertation help at the time when I was totally disappointed and had braced myself to meet the disaster regarding my PhD degree. It was the worst time of my life when I even thought of my dissertation disapproval.

I was busy working and handling my social life. You can say that I was hanging in bala… Continue

I am getting really excited here. I just got a sneak preview of the SSWUG vConference. The UI is outstanding, I love the way the Exhibit Hall looks. The navigation is near the exact same but the way it looks is going to make it so much easier to get around. I also took a quick look at the 100% new Chat feature and this is going to be awesome. This really is going to be the Ultimate Virtual Conference. I look forward to seeing everyone online.

Stephen Wynkoop and I have been working on a “special event” for some time now. We have been trying to figure out how we can help get the word out about SQL Server 2008. The really exciting news is that we have figured out a way to do it. Everyone on the planet can join this Green SQL Server 2008 Community Launch Event. We are really excited about this. This event will take place on October 24th, 2008 and will not cost anyone… Continue

One of the challenges that I face on a day to day basis is dealing with the cost of new servers, I mean this can hit us from so many directions. First we need the server, then the disk space, but if there is any amount of production material on this server then chances are you want it clustered. On top of all that the we have management buying third party aps from the lowest bidders where the application account needs sa access. We have server or databases that really need to be isolated just be… Continue

Matthew Roche is the conference chair for the Business Intelligence Conference that SSWUG is hosting, and I cannot tell you how impressed we are with the caliber of speakers that he put together for the conference. I got to sit and talk with Matt Mason and Donald Farmer a couple of his speakers from Microsoft just last week and I cannot wait to see the presentations. Matthew is going to be joining the Microsoft team soon. I sent the same questions to Matthew that I did all the speakers and here… Continue

Ted Malone is a friend of mine. We have spoke at a number of conferences together for years now; the funny thing here is that we live in the same town. But I see Ted more often at conferences in other cities then I do in Colorado Springs. Ted is an all around expert in the technology industry and I was very happy for him when I heard he got his Microsoft MVP Award not too long ago. Recently I asked Ted to be the Content Chair for the SSWUG Share Point Conference. He accepted and we are off and r… Continue

We are looking at doing a session at this upcoming SSWUG SQL Server Conference that will be based on all the questions that we have received in the past. With SQL Server 2008 being released not too long ago I wanted to give everyone a chance to ask questions that they would like a panel to answer. On the panel I believe there will be Steve Wynkoop, Paul Neilson and myself.
So here is your chance, ask away. We will answer as many questions as we can in the allotted 1 hour time slot. We are lookin… Continue

I recently interviewed a number of the speakers that will be speaking at the SSWUG conferences. I am going to post many of these but I thought you might like to see what Tim Heuer had to say. First let me tell you a little more about Tim.
Tim Heuer is a program manager for Microsoft Silverlight. He helps build the worldwide Silverlight community and is very passionate about the platform and technology in general. Having over 13 years of experience with Microsoft web technologies, Tim is excited… Continue

After the June SSWUG SQL Server Conference I reviewed the surveys just as I did after the February conference. One of the things that we noticed was a number of people really wanted to have a lab where they could test some of the new things they were learning. After talking to MaximunASP we are glad to announce that we have come up with a great partnership that will allow us to bring the lab’s to reality. During the Oct SSWUG SQL Server Conference attendees will be able to attach to a SQL Server… Continue