The Strategic Platform for ALL Database Workloads

I was invited to Microsoft HQ in the UK yesterday to be a speaker at one of their launch event for SQL Server 2012. It's the second of these events that I've appeared at and it finally made me realise I need to change something about this blog. So far until now I have resisted … Continue reading The Strategic Platform for ALL Database Workloads →

SLOB on Violin 3000 Series with PCIe Direct Attach

A reader Alex asked if I could post a comparative set of tests from my previous 3000 series Infiniband testing but using the PCIe direct-attached method. I was actually very keen to test this myself as I wanted to see how close the Infiniband connectivity method could get to the PCIe latencies. Why? Well, PCIe … Continue reading SLOB on Violin 3000 Series with PCIe Direct Attach →

What Every CIO Wants

Some weeks ago I was fortunate enough to read a preview copy of Stephen O'Donnell's book What Every CIO Wants: A Guide for Global Technology Sales People. Steve is, amongst other things, the Chairman of the Industry Advisory Board for Violin Memory, as well as being the former Global Head of Data Centre Operations for … Continue reading What Every CIO Wants →