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… And it got me thinking

by Mike Walsh | Mar 4, 2018 | Community | 1 Comment

I'm sitting in my hotel room at my something'th MVP Summit, a little jet-lagged, missing my family and my church family on a day we normally would be Worshipping. It's been a full weekend already. I got to visit with one good friend for dinner last night. Before that,...

Azure SQL – It’s already in there already: Security

by Mike Walsh | Feb 24, 2018 | Azure | 0 Comments

I'm not saying you have to be in the cloud. I'm not saying you have to be on premises, either. In fact, I'm more saying "you need to be where it's right for you and your environment." Some of my clients make sense to stay on-prem. Some should be in the cloud -...

I Want YOU to Submit to speak at the PASS Summit

by Mike Walsh | Jan 25, 2018 | speaking | 0 Comments

Hey Everyone! Quick blog post. PASS HQ sent an e-mail to some of us past PASS Speakers asking us to share our thoughts on what we had to gain from speaking at the Summit. They asked for a video or blog post. I figured I'd do both. I love encouraging people to speak or...

Straight Path Solutions Welcomes Jack Corbett!

by Mike Walsh | Dec 5, 2017 | Career, Community, Consulting | 5 Comments

Hey there, Dear Readers! I hope you are well. Thanks for coming by and reading this post. If you're my mom, you've been reading this blog of mine since the start back in 2008 or thereabouts. If you aren't mom, maybe you know a little of the history of Straight Path....

PASS Prayers at the PASS Summit – Year Number 9

by Mike Walsh | Oct 27, 2017 | Bible, PASS | 3 Comments

Quick note: From time to time I blog about the Bible here. I try to keep those posts on my personal blog – Open Mike (it's been too long since I've posted over there!!)– but sometimes it makes sense for a quick cross-post over here. I always tag those posts with the...

Relativity & SQL Server – A Free Built-In Health Check

by Mike Walsh | Oct 26, 2017 | Relativity | 0 Comments

I'm on the return home from Relativity Fest. This post has been in a few draft forms for a long time now but in the session that Jared, Carlo and I gave, and a couple of the questions we ended up hearing put the fire back into finishing my thoughts here and clicking...

Relativity, SQL Server, and some Links

by Mike Walsh | Oct 23, 2017 | Relativity | 0 Comments

We are happy to be sponsoring Relativity Fest again this year. It's my 4th Relativity Fest, I believe. I'll also be speaking alongside a couple of Relativians (or whatever they should be called post name change. I used to say kCurians) from the support and kIE team on...

SQL Server Security Audits – A Confession

by Mike Walsh | Oct 18, 2017 | SQL Server Security | 5 Comments

When clients need help, bugs require patching and production deadlines loom large, it's easy to think that cutting a few corners is the "right thing" to do. I've done it, and I'm willing to bet that many of you have as well. Doing so puts the security of your...

A Couple Lessons in Leadership from the Fire Service

by Mike Walsh | Oct 14, 2017 | Professional Development | 0 Comments

I normally don't wear hats. But when I do, I own a few. There's the sun-proof hat while doing chores on the tractor and the ball cap when I go to the beach with the family. Or the Husqvarna safety helmet when cutting all the firewood we use to heat the house on the...

Relativity SQL Server – What I Wish You Know

by Mike Walsh | Oct 13, 2017 | SQL Server Performance | 0 Comments

We've been working with Relativity for at least 4 or 5 years now here at Straight Path. Helping clients with their Relativity SQL Server environments. Helping folks get the most performance out of their Relativity SQL Servers. Running our SQL Server Health Checks for...