Welcome to the
Exceptional DBA
Awards 2012
Do you lie awake at night, wondering how your servers are doing?
If you do, you might be an Exceptional DBA.
The Exceptional DBA awards celebrate the vital, and often underappreciated, contribution that DBAs make to the smooth running of their companies.
This year’s nominations are now open. You can find everything you need to know about nominating yourself, or someone you know, here.
Hannah Jermy, Communities Coordinator
Exceptional DBA Awards team
Red Gate Software
Who's it for?
Anyone currently working as a SQL Server database administrator is eligible.
Why take part?
Here's what previous winners have to say:
This is a
lifetime achievement come early for me.
The
recognition has given me new confidence and the drive to accomplish even loftier
goals.
Being
recognized by your peers is the highest honor one can receive.
It
brings another level of ‘wow' to my resume, like having a special certification.
There are also prizes for the winner and finalists.
What's involved?
To take part, you just have to answer a few questions on your career as a DBA. You can also nominate a friend or colleague. Here are the full details.
Five finalists will be chosen by the expert judging panel, and the winner will be selected in a final vote by the SQL Server Central community and the judges.
The Exceptional DBA Awards are hosted by SQL Server Central and sponsored by Red Gate Software.
About Red Gate
Since 1999, Red Gate Software has been developing ingeniously simple tools that make working with SQL Server and .NET easier. Our tools, which include SQL Backup Pro, SQL Monitor, and SQL Compare, have become industry standards for developers and DBAs worldwide. We count Microsoft, HP, Sage, Bank of America, AT&T, The US Treasury, and over 95,000 other leading organizations as customers, and there are over 500,000 Microsoft technology professionals currently using Red Gate products.
Red Gate's philosophy is to design highly usable, reliable tools that solve the problems of DBAs and developers, and to offer exceptional service and support to our customers. Dealing with Red Gate is simple, as our website offers transparent pricing, online ordering, and free 14-day trials of all of our software tools.
We founded the Exceptional DBA Awards in 2008 to recognize the essential but often overlooked contributions of DBAs, the unsung heroes of the IT community.
