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Mariner’s Chief Architect Shares SQL Server Expertise with Midlands SQL PASS Chapter

Submitted by: Jill Purdy on Jun 17, 2009 at 3:08 pm Tagged with: Business Intelligence, SQL Server expertise, User Group Source: Mariner

June 17, 2009 – Charlotte, NC – Noted SQL Server expert and author, John Welch, will present “Getting Started with Analysis Services 2008” to the Midlands chapter of the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) on Tuesday, July 7 at Training Concepts in Columbia, SC. As Chief Architect for Charlotte-based Mariner, John leads the design of Mariner’s Microsoft-based business intelligence, data warehousing and performance management solutions. John, recognized by Microsoft as an MVP (Most Valuable Professional), will provide database developers with reasons that they should be using SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS).

Attendees of the session will not be inundated with slides, but will walk through the steps it takes to create a new cube from an existing database and get a complete understanding of the value of SSAS. Based on John’s vast experiences in applying SSAS, he will provide detailed examples and real world scenarios.

Midlands SQL PASS Event Details:
Tuesday, July 7th , beginning at 6:15 p.m.
Training Concepts, 250 Berryhill Rd # 502, Columbia, SC 29210
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http://midlands.sqlpass.org

About John Welch
John Welch, Mariner’s Chief Architect, has been working with business intelligence and data warehousing technologies for 7 years, with a focus on Microsoft products in heterogeneous environments. He is a Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP), an award given due to his commitment to sharing his knowledge with the IT community. John is an experienced speaker, having given presentations at Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) conferences, the Microsoft Business Intelligence conference, Software Development West (SD West), Software Management Conference (ASM/SM), and others. He has also contributed to two recent books on SQL Server 2008, “Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration” and "Smart Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2008".
John writes a blog on business intelligence topics at http://agilebi.com/cs/blogs/bipartisan. He also writes one focused on SSIS topics at http://agilebi.com/CS/blogs/jwelch/. He is also active in open source projects that help ease the development process for Microsoft BI developers, including BIDS Helper (http://www.codeplex.com/bidshelper), an add-in for Business Intelligence Development Studio that adds commonly needed functionality to the environment. He is also the lead developer on ssisUnit (http://www.codeplex.com/ssisUnit), a unit testing framework for SSIS.

About Mariner
Mariner, Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner of the Year for 2008 in Performance Management Solutions, specializes in business intelligence, data warehousing, business scorecards and performance dashboards to help clients improve productivity and decision making in the education, utility, healthcare, manufacturing and financial industries. As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with specializations in Business Intelligence and Performance Management Solutions, Mariner helps organizations translate strategy into action. Mariner-Realizing Visions with Technology. www.mariner-usa.com.

For additional information:
Contact Sally Phillips, Mariner
Director of Marketing & Partner Alliances,
Tel. 704.943.5222
Email sally.phillips@mariner-usa.com

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