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Hugo Shebbeare Hugo Shebbeare
Born and raised in Vancouver, Canada, with a brief excursion to study in Brussels, Melbourne & Washington D.C., Hugo has been working with SQL Server since 1998. He’s busied himself as a DBA since 1999 (with mcdba & mcitp certifications in ‘01 & ‘08 respectively), as independent consultant with his own company, Intellabase Solutions, since 2002 (now part time), and recently took on a permanent position with Canadian Printing giant Transcontinental; managing not only his favourite RDBMS, but also MySQL 5.x and Oracle 10/11. He enjoys writing documentation for quick, safe infrastructure rebuilds and expansions, and most challengingly, propositions to Executives Management. He has spoken at SQLteach/DevTeach, Montreal Dot Net User Group, Roman Rehak's Vermont User Group, has a weekly blog on SQLServerCentral, and has been recognised as a SQL Server MVP in 2010.
The Polyglot of Databases: How Knowledge of MySQL and Oracle Can Give SQL Server DBAs an Advantage
by Hugo Shebbeare | 14 March 2011 |  2 comments |
Although switching between different RDBMSs can be the cause of some culture shock for the Database Administrator,it can have its advantages. In fact, it can help you to broaden your perspective of relational databases, refine your problem-solving skills and give... Read more...
Deployment Management is Worth IT: These Templates Should Make You Believe It Too
by Hugo Shebbeare | 14 April 2010 |  5 comments |
Even experienced managers of IT operations can stumble over the most critical part- the documentation. If only there were useful examples around! We commissioned Hugo Shebbeare to explain what is required of such documentation, and why. He has also provided the... Read more...
Disaster Recovery for SQL Server Databases
by Hugo Shebbeare | 28 August 2009 |  4 comments |
High-Availability depends on how quickly you can recover a production system after an incident that has caused a failure. This requires planning, and documentation. If you get a Disaster Recovery Plan wrong, it can make an incident into a catastrophe for the... Read more...
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