Vendor Neutral Database Certification

First saw this off of Planet MySQL:
 New Vendor Neutral Database Certification (Dave's Stuff)
Following the link to the CIW site, there...

Citrix Presentation Server Becomes XenApp

 Citrix is changing the name of its flagship product from Citrix Presentation Server (CPS) to XenApp. More from the blogosphere:
Citrix...

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Deployment Guides available

Saw this first on Aaron Stebner's blog:
  .NET Framework 3.5 deployment guides have been published on MSDN
Guidance information for both...

Microsoft Security Webcast

This one is geared towards IT management:
 IT Manager Webcast: Dynamic IT and Security (Part 4 of 5): Identity and Access...

SQL Server 2008 RTM looks to be 3rd Quarter

On the Microsoft Data Platform Insider blog, there is a post indicating new roadmap dates:
  Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Roadmap...

New Technique to Steal From Baggage

I first saw this on funsec security discussion list: 
  Dwarves zipped in
suitcases steal from Swedes

The gist of the story...

Post on Troubleshooting Memory Issues

Here's a post from the Windows Server Performance Team:
   An Overview of Troubleshooting Memory Issues

The post discusses the following issues:
Physical...

Inexpensive Video Training from Internals Expert, Kalen Delaney

 I saw this in my blog reader today:
You can pre-order the Kalen Delaney SQL Server Internals Course - Lesson 1 DVD...

Two Acquisitions of Note

 Saw both of these on ComputerWorld:
   Oracle buying BEA
   Sun buying MySQL 
 
It'll be interesting to see how this changes the...

Why Participating in a Community is Important and Beneficial

Back in 2000 I began writing for swynk.com in hopes of learning more about SQL Server and beginning to make...