Platinum Sponsors

28th March 2009 Manchester

Make a contribution

SQLBits is free, but it does cost money to put it on and feed everyone. We thank our sponsors for supporting the event. If you would like to make a donation we are using Paypal to so click the Donate button to make a contribution.

5 Minutes of Fame - Win an Xbox

Record a 5 minute nugget on the day and they will be put on the site. The person with the highest votes wins an Xbox. Sponsored by the Manchester SQL Usergroup


Sponsors

SQLBits is only possible with the support of our sponsors. If you have a SQL Server related product or service to sell, why not consider sponsoring SQLBits? Not only will you be doing your bit to help the SQL Server community, but you’ll also have the opportunity to reach hundreds SQL Server professionals and potential customers. For more information, email us on contactus@sqlbits.com.

Help out on the day

We've got lots of people and sessions to look after so we are always after people to help out on the day. If you are interested then let us know


Previous conferences

What people are saying about the previous conferences

"A day full of SQL server only. This is fantastic, its more technical and more focus"
"Wide range of session topics, knowledge of speakers, good talks"
"Good look at whats in Katmai"
"Liked 5 sessions being on 1 day, saves a lot time. Also, it covered some basis to some advanced level. I am delighted and pleased"
"option to select the sessions I needed to attend. Sessions for all (Developer, DBA, BI consultant etc)"

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Sessions from the last conference

A Testing Time...
A walk down memory lane
Advanced T-SQL (2005 and 2008)
Choices, Choices - Loading and Modelling Slowly Changing Dimensions in the SQL Server 2008 Suite
Data Vizualisation - Make your reports useful to business - No more "Speed Dials"
Does your cube support your users reporting needs?
Don't try this at work !
End to End Report Creation and Management using Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Getting more value from your data through data mining.
Head in the Cloud...
How to approach zero downtime database upgrades
Indexes Basically
Microsoft's integrated end-to-end BI offering.
Performance Monitoring Using SQL Server Management Studio - power of Management Data Warehouse
Small Problem - Simple Solution: Lookup Tables
SQL Server – Under New Management
SQL Server 2008 for Developers
Understanding Query Cache and Query Plans
Useful Sql'y stuff that I've picked up over the years
Where’s my data? An introduction to Spatial Queries in SQL Server 2008