Meet the Judges
Steve Jones
Steve Jones is the editor of SQLServerCentral.com, the largest SQL Server community on the Internet.
He has worked with SQL Server as a writer, DBA, and developer since 1991, in a variety of large and small companies and is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP.
Rodney Landrum
Rodney Landrum has worked with SQL Server longer than he can remember. He writes regularly about technologies, including Integration Services, Analysis Services, and Reporting Services. He has authored SQL Server Tacklebox and three Reporting Services books. He contributes regularly to SQLServerCentral and SQL Server Magazine, and Simple–Talk. His day job involves overseeing a large SQL Server infrastructure in Orlando. He swears he owns the phrase "Working with Databases on a Day to Day Basis". Anyone who disagrees is itching to lose an arm wrestling match.
Brad McGehee
Brad M. McGehee, MCSE+I and MCSD, is Director of DBA Education for Red Gate Software. He is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP with 16 years SQL Server experience, and 7 years training experience.
Brad speaks frequently at industry seminars, and founded popular community site SQL-Server-Performance.Com, which he operated from 2000-2006, writing over 1,000,000 words on SQL Server topics.
A trusted name in SQL Server literature, Brad is author or co-author of more than 15 books and 275 published articles.
Brent Ozar
Brent Ozar makes SQL Server go faster at businesses like StackOverflow.com and AllRecipes.com. He's a Microsoft Certified Master and SQL Server MVP who specializes in performance tuning, virtualization, and SAN storage.
He's spoken around the world at conferences like the PASS Summit, SQLBits, TechEd, and Connections. When he's not working, he's either blogging at BrentOzar.com or hanging out on a boat with SQLCruise.com.
Free Resources
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