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Hello friends! I hope you are all having a great summer time! I am having a great summer time too, however I felt the need for some summer-blogging and so here I am, writing another article! 🙂 I will start this article with a simple question: How many times we all search the Web for … Read more…
Yep, it’s that time of the year again! Waiting for that magic email saying: Dear Artemakis Artemiou, Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2012 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. We appreciate your outstanding contributions … Read more…
With just a few hours remaining for entering the new year 2012, I could do nothing else than preparing this blog post! In the end of every year, I gather up all my tweets for that year and post it here! It is a privilege to communicate with the SQL Server Community via all possible … Read more…
In this article, I present useful T-SQL knowledge for SQL Developers and DBAs. A few days ago I started writing an article that it would provide a set of useful tips on SQL Server topics that are met in the everyday life of DBA/Database Developer. The article is now completed and you can find it … Read more…
With SQL Server Denali RC0 released a few weeks ago, I am thinking of recording a webcast with topic its Database Engine features mainly focusing on the programmability area. To this end, I am conducting a poll in order to see if you are interested in attending such a webcast. If you are interested you … Read more…
Today is a very special day! I just got re-awarded with the Microsoft MVP Award on SQL Server for the third year in a row! —————————————— Dear Artemakis Artemiou, Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2011 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their … Read more…
Hello and Happy New Year 2011! Wishing all the best, always in good health! Microsoft has recently released CTP1 of SQL Server 2012 codenamed “Denali“. This new version of SQL Server Server introduces many new features that increase productivity and reduce the development and administration effort. One of my main observations is that there is … Read more…
Well, I guess that’s it. It’s time to say goodbye to 2010 and welcome a brand new year: 2011! Like last year, in this post I am presenting a set of selected tweets I did in 2010 grouped into different categories. Again, it was a great experience communicating with the SQL Server Community among other, … Read more…
As this is my 100th post on this blog, I decided to write an article which is rather different than the previous ones. It was quite difficult to decide the topic for this post as there are so many aspects of the Database Technology that can be discussed. Finally, I decided to write on the … Read more…
Sometimes I get asked; “Hey Artemis, are you a SQL Server Administrator or a Developer?” I then answer: “none of the two” 🙂 I would rather prefer calling myself a Data Architect as I believe it is more accurate. In a relevant article I posted a year ago, I talked about the responsibilities of database … Read more…
DevReach 2010, the premier developer conference on Microsoft technologies in Central and Eastern Europe will be taking place on October 18 and 19 in Sofia, Bulgaria. This year, DevReach celebrates its fifth anniversary. To this end it has a new fifth track!The event includes 60 unique sessions with more than 30 rock star speakers! DevReach … Read more…
So here I am thinking of the next event. Should it be a topic on a new .NET Technology? A topic on a SQL Server 2008 R2 feature maybe? When should I deliver my next webcast? Which is the next local or regional event am I going to attend? As I am thinking the above, … Read more…
A few weeks ago I got asked to present on Microsoft DevDays 2010 in Cyprus. DevDays is the biggest event in Cyprus for Software Architects and Developers. This year, the event features many hot topics such as: Visual Studio 2010 Windows Azure and Windows Identity Framework Interoperability and how to run PHP Applications on Microsoft … Read more…
This is a rather different post than the usual. As the end of year 2009 approaches, I decided to publish a selected number of tweets I did, grouped into different categories. It was a great experience to communicate with the Community, among other, by using Twitter. Throughout tweeting it was possible to easily and directly … Read more…
Today I managed to pass the Microsoft Exam 70-433 – TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Database Development and thus I got my third MCTS certification on SQL Server 🙂 This exam was all about database development using SQL Server 2008. While studying for the exam, I had the chance to try and learn more on … Read more…