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Webcast Today – Data Protection Options

(Shhh…. the SQL Server Virtual Conference for June has soft-launched…)

Webcast Today
Data Protection and Recovery Options with SQL Server

We’ll look into the various data protection options you have with SQL Server when it comes to setting up a recovery system for your server. We’ll explain the pros and cons of each and where you can apply them in your own systems.

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> Live date: 3/25/2008 at 12:00pm Noon Pacific

Survey!
I Need Your Help! (New Prizes!)
I want to make SSWUG.ORG EVERYTHING you need it to be, but I need to know what you need. Here’s your chance to let us know what you want to see.

Our community survey is now live. It’s all about you, what you do, how you use SSWUG, your suggestions, what types of systems you support and more. We are also offering a drawing, with a LOT of prizes for winners. Take a look:

Ten (10) $50 cash prizes
Five (5) 5-Year SSWUG.org Memberships
Two (2) Lifetime SSWUG Virtual Conference Passes
One (1) unlimited user license for SQL Farm Combine + 1 free yr of maint. and support (www.sqlfarms.com)
One (1) 12 month license for DataDefractor Developer Edition (www.InteractiveEdge.com)
One (1) Choice of (1) free license of SQL Defrag Manager or SQLsecure (www.idera.com)
One (1) Enterprise Edition license of Event Manager for SQL Server including 1 year of Software maintenance (www.sqlsentry.net)

…and here’s a suggestion. On the first page of the survey, you’re prompted for your email and name. This is not used with the answers you provide – so no worries. Second, if you’d like a second entry, on the last page of the survey you’ll have instructions on what to do to have a second entry. So, you have two chances to win. a chance to have input into the direction of SSWUG and we’ll able to also show some interesting information to everyone about the overall DBA community.

Please stop by the site – the survey will only be open for a short time and the more responses we can get the more meaningful the information is for the response summaries.

Here’s a direct link to the survey. It shouldn’t take long at all – and the prizes are substantial!

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