Cloud is a still a huge buzz word because people are still moving to embrace it. As many companies that are in the cloud, there are still a large percentage of real estate that’s on-premises. As much as I’m now Analytics and AI with Azure, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that I’ve been adopted by a number of those inside Microsoft to assist in the migration of Oracle databases to Azure. There are three primary goals: Move to the cloud and Azure is their cloud choice, so they plan on staying with the Oracle database platform. Migrate current Oracle databases to…
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Time Flies when you’re having fun or when you’re crazy busy- I’m unsure which is more true. I just completed my first review as an employee at Microsoft and good news! They’re going to keep me. 🙂 I still get a number of questions surrounding my job at Microsoft. Since I worked for Oracle for 2 1/2 years, much of it speaking between customer engagements, many didn’t realize that I started out, and have always been, multi-platform. My first database was a monstrous SQL Server, version 7 and small Oracle and Sybase databases. I have always loved technology. I found…
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So many have asked me when I’m starting at Microsoft and the official date is Monday, June 11th now. Many also wonder what my upper limits are on how much I can handle, well folks, it looks like we’ve reached them! I was supposed to start this last Monday, but as my last day approached, it became all the more clear that there was a need to change my ending and start date. Individual deadlines had pushed out, requirements changed and I was left feeling a bit overwhelmed because as most know, I don’t do anything the easy way- major…
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The next nine days, I’m traveling to three cities for four events. We’ll just call this the 9-3-4 gauntlet of speaker life. I booked this travel as four, one-way flights to get the itinerary I needed to make the most of my schedule and will have breaks between each event to make sure I don’t kill myself my last two weeks at Delphix. GLOC Today I’m heading to the Great Lakes Oracle Conference, (https://gloc.neooug.org/) where I get to present on DevOps and hang out with all my Oracle peeps. GLOC is the second largest regional Oracle user group event and…
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I’m getting ready to get on a plane between two events today and have been so busy, that there’s been a break in blogging. That’s right folks, Kellyn has let a few things slide…. For those people on top of all the happenings in Kevlar’s life, I’ve been busy removing 15 years of possessions from my home so we can sell it in the next month, along with the purchase, upgrade and consolidation into a 42Ft. travel trailer. It’s quite an undertaking, so a few things have had to be put lower on the priority list to complete the rest.…
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This weekend I’m not going to have to say, “No, this is not my husband’s code” for a change. This weekend will be about supporting everyone in technology and how technology will benefit by making everyone part of tech. This event is the brain child of my peer, Elaine Marino, owner of Equili. Equili’s mission is to “To build a stronger, more diverse tech community that levels the playing field for all underrepresented and underutilized groups in technology.” This event experienced some challenges as planning got underway and it’s not surprised. Considering the little investment that females founders receive, it’s…
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There’s something for having job security and many of the solutions that I see offered for RDBMS challenges offer just that. With compliance with EU’s GDPR, (General Data Protection Regulations) just around the corner, (mark you calendar, May 25, 2018) you’d think we’d all be scrambling for a simpler solution to discovering and addressing all that GDPR data. Quick refresher for those of you going, “What is GDPR?” Data security is a known focus of GDPR when you talk to folks, but it’s much more than just security. It’s about extended rights of the individual in the EU. There’s four…
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I’m on track to fly home tomorrow, March 11th after nine days and three events. I’m pretty exhausted and just ready to go home and catch up on some sleep…:) I started out last weekend in Victoria BC and was thrilled to be on this emerald island of the Pacific Northwest. British Columbia is gorgeous as it is, but Victoria is a special place that quickly became one of my favorite places in the world. The Victoria event was an inaugural one and well attended. SQL Saturday Victoria was an event that Delphix sponsored and my peer, Serge, did an…
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I’m recovering after a very successful RMOUG Training Days 2018 and now looking towards the next year. The board elections come up in two months and I’m happy to say, that the goals that I hoped to achieve in my year as president, the board was able to achieve even as I worked on the conference and started as the president for the SQL Server User Group here in Denver, all in parallel. The primary leadership for the user group was becoming aware of what most Oracle user groups are facing- our user groups are getting older, (2018 was the…
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So Training Days is coming up in two weeks. You haven’t registered to attend? How you feeling about that? Rocky Mountain Oracle User Group, (RMOUG) has the largest Oracle user group grassroots conference each February. For the 2018 year, we decided to shake it up with: A new venue, The Westminster Westin Conference Center A new management company, EPS Conference Management A new Training Days Director, Komal Goyal A new management software, Bizabo This was a huge undertaking and I have to say, I was worried we wouldn’t be able to pull it off, but it was time. There’s nothing…
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I’ve returned from SQL Saturday Cleveland after presenting “Linux Performance Essentials for the SQL Server DBA”. The event had 30% women speakers, which is incredible for a technical event. I’m thrilled with the attendance and although my session went through a lot of Linux in an hour, people didn’t leave looking like their brains were going to explode, so mission accomplished. I always feel like I’m walking around these events looking for the hidden cameras trying to record my astounded facial reactions. There is a significantly higher percentage of women speaking and in attendance and not a pencil skirt in…
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Linux has become a clear area of required learning for SQL Server DBAs in as of SQL Server 2016. What? You didn’t read that right, you say? Yes, while a Linux edition was introduced in SQL Server 2016, it was pushed to the forefront with the release of 2017, along with Python in a push towards stronger DevOps initiatives, (one OS to rule them all!) and Python to assist with even stronger analytics trends. As most database platforms already run on Linux, the SQL Server community has a bit of catch up to do, so as many advanced DBA linux…
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Just over a year ago, an alarm of emails, posts and projects arose in Europe surrounding the General Data Protection Regulation, also known with the acronym, GDPR. It was as if someone had poked the sleeping bear of IT and woke it and boy, was it grumpy. Suddenly EU technologists were learning all about advanced system security, how to encrypt and mask data, multi-tier authentication, along with creating procedures when a user requested to be forgotten. Projects and money were being allocated to take on this demand that considering its initiative was passed back in 2014, you’d think would have…
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I’m starting to move towards doing more videos and hope to improve my video skills, (and maybe add a dance sequence, ya know, like the hip kids…) Check out this post and please, do add comments, ask questions or just tell me what you think? Have an awesome Wednesday and no, don’t comment on my consistent need to make a strange face at the beginning of a video… 🙂
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So where did 2017 go?!?!? I really, really would like to know… Needless to say, it’s time to do a year in review already and I actually have time to do it this year! DBAKevlar Blog I wrote over 100 blog posts this year between DBAKevlar, Delphix and partner sites, but I’ve enjoyed sharing with the different communities. There’s significant changes going on in the IT world regarding the future of the Database Administrator. This deafening message came through when pulling together my top blog posts for 2017, with Death of the DBA, Long Live the DBA presenting itself as…
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We’ve all been watching numerous companies view value in bypassing the Database Administrator and other critical IT roles in an effort to get IT faster to the cloud. It may look incredibly attractive to sales, but the truth of it is, it can be like setting up land mines in your own yard. Having the right people in the right roles, doing the right tasks is essential to having a complete cloud deployment. Easy access without any checks and balances is just asking for trouble, which I am quickly realizing as I discuss this topic with more folks on my…
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I’m here for the last day of UKOUG Tech17 and it’s been an awesome event. This is my first time to this event while in Birmingham and although quite the party town on the weekends, its a great city to have an event like UKOUG’s trio of events during the week. I was welcomed to great turnouts to both my presentations and then enjoyed numerous sessions by other’s, such as Richard Foote, Jonathan Lewis, Roger MacNicol and others that one might not get a chance to see in at most US Oracle User Group events. My biggest challenge in my…
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Its been a couple years since I presented at UKOUG. After taking last year off to prioritize some projects with Delphix, I’m back to speaking and the event committee was gracious enough to offer a goth girl a couple spots on the schedule this year. The event is in Birmingham, and although I’ve never been there, I’m told by reports, it’s rather rainy and cold this time of year, so I better prepare, (nothing like people selling you on a location…:)) I have two sessions this year, the first one is on Super Sunday: Sunday, Dec. 3rd at 4pm in the…