David Postlethwaite

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David Postlethwaite works as a DBA and DevOps engineer for Banking Circle in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Previously he was a SQL Server and Oracle DBA for Liverpool Victoria in Bournemouth, England.

Before becoming a DBA David was a .NET developer and way back in history a Windows and Netware administrator.

David is a regular speaker at SQL conferences around Europe

He is an occasional blogger on www.gethynellis.com

You can here most of his SQL talks on his YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/c/DavidPostlethwaiteSQL

Sessions

A Beginner’s Guide to Cloud Computing and SQL Azure

This talk takes a look at Cloud Computing – what it is, the types of Cloud available and their advantages and disadvantages along with what Microsoft Azure has to offer.

Taming the Beast - How a DBA can keep Kerberos under control

The word Kerberos can strike fear into a SQL DBA as well as many Windows Server Administrators. This talk looks at the principle of Kerberos, how it applies to SQL Server and what we need to do ensure it works

I'm a SQL DBA. What do I do with this Oracle database?

This talk sets out to explain some of the terminology, the differences and the similarities between Oracle and SQL Server and hopefully make Oracle not look quite so intimidating.

About

SQLBits was started by a group of individuals that are passionate about the Microsoft Data Platform. There is a breadth of knowledge in the data community that will benefit everyone. We want to spread that knowledge.

We all work in the data and SQL space, some of us for many years. We have a range of skills and experiences from being given the MVP award by Microsoft, organising user groups and speaking at events around the world.