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Douglas McDowell

Douglas McDowell is director of Business Intelligence at Solid Quality Learning, a SQL Server MVP, and a charter member of the Professional Association of SQL Server Regional Mentor program. He is an MCSE, an MCDBA, an MCT, and winner of Microsoft's Worldwide Business Intelligence Solution of the Year.

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5 More Tips for Virtual Machines
Nov 20, 2006
In the December 2005 commentary, “5 Tips for Souping Up Virtual Machines” ( http://www.sqlmag.com/articles/index.cfm?articleid=49127& ), I stepped out of traditional “commentary” mode and shared some great...
Google and Hyperion Collaborate on BI
Oct 02, 2006
Recently, my Google stock's value jumped. (Gasp! Did I just publicly admit to owning Google stock?) Unquestionably, Hyperion's recently announced support for Google caused the boost. Hyperion, is a longstanding...
The 3 Musketeers Bury SQL Server at the WPC
Jul 20, 2006
Because I was just in Boston last month for TechEd 2006, my return to the city this past week for the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) 2006 was a bit of deja vu. But after weathering last year's...
Increase Excel Expertise
Apr 24, 2006
Microsoft Excel, a staple of the Microsoft Office productivity suite, is used by everyone for everything imaginable—from simple lists to complex calculations—but most of us still have a lot to learn about using the...
Define Attribute Relationships for Better Performance
Apr 19, 2006
When you're architecting a Unified Dimensional Model (UDM) to enhance processing or query performance, one item to consider is how to define (or not define) the relationships between key and non-key attributes in your...
Microsoft Business Intelligence
Mar 23, 2006
Have you heard the branding “Microsoft Business Intelligence” a lot more recently? I have. It used to be something like “SQL Server Business Intelligence,” but times are changing and Microsoft is slowly cooking the...
Are you ready for the "SQL Server Microwave"?
Mar 01, 2006
I’ve had great success scaling-up SQL Server by using large, symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) servers attached to roaring fast SANs through zoned fibre switches. But my colleague, Rich Johnson, a BI Architect with...
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