SQL Server 2012 Professional Tips and Tricks

Rachel Clements has worked as a software and database developer for over 15 years across a wide variety of private industries. She is currently a SQL Server BI Developer for an international power tools company in the UK. Her role encompasses all aspects of the BI stack along with key database administration tasks. She began her career in London writing for The Times technology supplement before becoming a full-time developer. She now specializes in SQL Server and business intelligence, writes articles for SQL Server Club (http://www.sqlserverclub.com) and tweets at @RachelClements. As an active member of the technical community, she organizes the Bristol user group SQL Server Club (http://www.sqlserverclub.co.uk) and is a member of the Developer! Developer! Developer! South West team (http://www.dddsouthwest.com).

Jon Reade has worked in the UK and Europe as a database professional in the finance and telecomms sectors for 16 years. He is currently a SQL Server consultant in the finance industry, based in the UK. He began his career as a systems programmer for IBM, methodically testing and breaking mainframe database security systems before moving on to various database development roles. He has extensive experience of SQL Server from 6.0 to 2012, in development, operational, production and managerial roles. He is interested in BI and big data and the use of data mining to extract useful business knowledge from transactional systems.

He holds MCITP and MCTS certifications for SQL Server 2008 and is a recent MSc Business Intelligence graduate from the University of Dundee in Scotland. Jon is also a part-time SQL Server instructor for a global training company. He is the co-founder of SQL Server Club website and user group, tweets (@JonReade) speaks at SQL Server events (SQLBits, DDD South West and SQL Server Club) and has written for Packt and SQL Server Central.