SQL Saturday SoCal

Event Organizers (Left to Right): Marlon Ribunal, Phil Robinson, Andrew Karcher, Thomas Mueller, Ram Yalamanchili, and Bret Stateham

Official Home Site For SQL Saturday #44 (SQL Saturday SoCal) is http://sqlsaturday.com/44/eventhome.aspx

SQLSaturday is a free one day training event for SQL Server professionals and those interested in SQL Server. For more information please visit SQLSaturday.com or email us at sqlsaturday44@sqlsaturday.com

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With about 30 days to go until SQLSaturday#44 at Golden West College, 15744 Goldenwest St, Huntington Beach, CA 92647-3197 we’re still trying to get the news out to as many people as possible. Please take a moment to forward this information to friends and colleagues that might be interested. Remember, we have some topics of interest to Developers, DBAs and Bi folks that work with SQL Server. Almost everyone works with databases so be sure to forward to any developers you might know as well. They or someone they know might be interested.

Here’s our updated list of sessions so far with more to come:

Accelerating SQL with Solid State Technology	Sumeet Bansal
Beginning SQL	Mark Rosenberg
Building Reporting using Analysis Services Cubes	Jen Underwood
Business Intelligence w/MOSS 2010 and PowerPivot	Jen Underwood
Can I really consolidate my SQL Server database	Denny Cherry
How Indexes Optimize Query Performance	Diana Dee
How the Query Optimizer Works	Benjamin Nevarez
How to Build Analysis Services Cubes (2005/2008)	Jen Underwood
Is Virtualization is a good choice for SQL Server?	Denny Cherry
Movin Uptown: Migrating from Access to SQLServer	Darrell Burns
Optimizing Stored Procedures	Mark Rosenberg
Overview of BI with Microsoft SQL Technologies	Ravi Bodla
Solving Slowly Changing Dimension Problem /w SSIS	Shen Liu
SQL Azure	Lynn Langit
SQL Design Patterns	Jim Bears
SQL Server Clustering 101	Denny Cherry

For more information please visit SQLSaturday.com or email us at sqlsaturday#44@sqlsaturday.com.

Thanks!

Team SQLSaturday

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SQL Saturday Socal – Call for Speakers

SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. This event will be held on April 24th, 2010 at Golden West College, 15744 Goldenwest St, Huntington Beach, CA 92647-3197. Admittance to this event is free, but we do charge a lunch fee of 10.00 so that we can provide a lunch – not pizza! As a speaker though, your lunch is free as a Thank You for being a speaker.

The success of SQL Saturday depends on the effort of our volunteer speakers. Do you have a passion for SQL Server? Want to share your knowledge and experience with your fellow members? Sign up as a Speaker for SQL Saturday. You do not have to be a professional speaker, just a topic and passion to share that knowledge with your fellow community members.

So come out and be a speaker at SQL Saturday. Submit your session on the Call for Speakers page here: http://www.sqlsaturday.com/44/callforspeakers.aspx

If you have any questions feel free to contact Andrew Karcher at akarcher@gmail.com. We look forward to having you as a speaker.

Get tips from those who have already organized a SQL Saturday event! Tweet ’em http://twitter.com/MarlonRibunal/sqlsaturdayorganizers/members

Note: If you are planning to attend this event, please suggest options for food here http://bit.ly/SQLSaturday_FoodSuggestion (Google doc)

SQL Saturday in SoCal!

It’s almost here. The Official SQL Saturday In SoCal website will be setup in the coming days. Mark your calendar! SQL Saturday in SoCal will be on April 24, 2010 at Huntington Beach, CA.

Follow me in Twitter @MarlonRibunal or @AKarcher or @BStateham

Follow my Twitter List of SQLSaturday Organizers around the country: http://twitter.com/MarlonRibunal/sqlsaturdayorganizers/members

UPDATE 02/25/2010: Prelim Planning Conference Call. Task delegation, logistics, sponsors, food, swag and others were discussed. We’re certainly looking for more volunteers. More details once we setup the SQL Saturday website. It’s almost official now. SQL Saturday event here in Southern California will be on April 24, 2010 at Huntington Beach, CA (close to the 405 Freeway).

UPDATE 02/19/2010: We now have the location for the SQL Saturday SoCal! Please stand by for more details!

UPDATE 02/18/2010: We’re still waiting for the location’s response to our request. We hope to get the word before Friday or Monday.

We’ve been working since October to bring the SQL Saturday Event to the Southern California Region. We are now close to the final stage of the process!

We are not listed yet on the SQL Saturday Website because we are still working with the location to finalize things. Once we set everything up, then we’re ready to roll!

Please stay tuned.

Announcements will be made on February 17 or 18, 2010.

For Inquiry, please email me – mribunal@verizon.net

Ping me in Twitter – @MarlonRibunal

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