FYI If anyone wants to carpool let my know. Thank you, Ryan Duclos 251-648-6199 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <karla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:17 AM Subject: Reminder - Meeting this Thursday night To: Good Morning, Just a reminder that this Thursday evening is the next user group meeting at Heritage Hall, beginning sharply at 6:30, as we have two presenters for this meeting. If you haven't visited the website, here is what and who we have lined up: Meeting Topic: The Art of Indexing presented by Ken Simmons Description: Creating indexes can be one of the most useful performancegains you can add to your database. However, having too many indexes canhurt performance as well as require additional space and maintenance time.The introduction of Dynamic Management Views has made indexing easier;however, there are still many tactics you need to be aware of whenapplying indexes. This session will cover strategies such as discoveringand applying missing indexes, finding and removing overlapping indexes,and indentifying rarely used indexes that are expensive to maintain. Speaker Bio: Ken is a database administrator, developer, and Microsoft SQLServer MVP. He is the Author of Pro SQL Server 2008 Administration(Apress, 2009), Pro SQL Server 2008 Mirroring (Apress, 2009), and Pro SQLServer 2008 Policy-Based Management (Apress, 2010). He has been working inthe IT industry since 2000 and currently holds certifications for MCP,MCAD, MCSD, MCDBA, MCTS for SQL 2005, and MCITP for SQL 2008. ALSO: Meeting Topic: CMS using Kentico, ASP.NET, and & SQL Server presented byBryan Soltis Description: Dynamic, continuously changing data drives the internet.Companies are constantly modifying their content to deliver relevant andfocused information to their users. A CMS-driven site allows for siteowners to keep up with the pace of technology quickly and efficiently. TheKentico CMS Content Management system is a powerful, robust .NET platformfor delivering dynamic, content-driven sites. This presentation will be anoverview of the Kentico CMS system, an in-depth presentation of contentupdates using the system, integration of other .NET technologies, & SQLServer databases. Speaker Bio: Bryan is a Senior Software Engineer and Certified KenticoTrainer at Bit-Wizards Custom Solutions, Inc. in Fort Walton Beach, FL.With over 10 years of development experience, Bryan has completed projectsof all types, focusing primarily on web-based technologies and has createdseveral sites using the Kentico CMS platform, as well as other contentmanagement systems. Bryan has integrated Silverlight, Flash, web services,and other components in to Kentico-driven sites. We hope to see you all there! Cheers, Karla and Rodney