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Survey, and Your Chance to Win, Closes Tomorrow
The survey will close tomorrow (Friday, 4/4/2008) at midnight. So, if you’re interested in providing feedback, helping shape the direction of SSWUG, and, let’s face it, WINNING one of the great prizes, now is the time to get in there and take the survey. Here’s the scoop on the prizes and information about the survey:
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. You can’t lose, but time is running out!
* Thank you to all those that have donated prizes for this survey! *
Ten (10) $50 cash prizes
Five (5) 5-Year SSWUG.org Memberships
Two (2) Lifetime SSWUG Virtual Conference Passes
One (1) SQL Farm Combine – Unlimited user license + 1 yr of maint. & support, (SQL Farms ~$5,000 value)
One (1) DataDefractor Developer edition. -12 month license (InteractiveEdge)
One (1) SQL defrag manager or SQLsecure free license – Choice of (1) (Idera)
One (1) Event Manager for SQL Server – Enterprise Edition license + 1 yr maint (SQL Sentry – $1,194 value)
One (1) PowerGadgets license, or (1) license for Chart FX – Choice of (1) (SoftwareFX)
One (1) Sql Power Tools Enterprise License 2.0 with 3D Visualization – (SQL Power)
One (1) Performance Monitor license – (Teratrax)
One (1) Change Director for SQL Server – 12 month Server License (Quest – $1,200 value)
…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 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 will be substantial!
Free Public Beta – Grab Some Great Tools!
Idera will be releasing the SQL Admin Toolset – a collection of 24 tools that will really help out with administration and troubleshooting tasks. Here’s the kicker, while it’s in beta, you can grab a copy of 11 of the tools and use them – plus, later when you want to get the whole package, you can save $300 just for letting them know what you think about the beta. Not too shabby, 24 killer tools for $195. Take a look here – there are really too many to list here, but some really excellent tools that can make a difference in your shop.
Webcast – Register Now
Creating a Disaster Recovery Plan
We’ll go into the components of a disaster recovery plan, outlining what you need to know to have a solid plan in place. We’ll look at the options and things to consider at the SQL Server and OS levels, as well as other things that can impact your ability to perform a recovery efficiently should something go wrong.
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> Live date: 4/8/2008 at 12:00pm Noon Pacific
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