Register for my DataOps presentation

Jul. 3, 2019 by

I’m speaking at the July 10 Wellington DevOps User Group. I’m really excited to be invited to speak as I have been greatly impressed by the past speakers. Please register

How to create a Cloud Formation parameter file from a deployed stack

Jan. 17, 2019 by

If you’re deploying AWS resources using Cloud Formation from the Command Line Interface (CLI), as many of us do in our code pipelines, then you’ll know the value of having

re:Invent 2018 Data Service Highlights

Dec. 12, 2018 by

I had the pleasure of speaking the Wellington AWS User Group last night on the announcements for data services.  Here are my personal highlights. Re:Invent 2018 Database Announcements from Steven

Which punctuation characters are permitted in AWS IAM passwords?

Sep. 7, 2018 by

There are two mistakes that I make regularly in AWS: 1. Adding capability to a resource, then testing the updated resource before I’ve deployed the updated IAM permissions. 2. Using

I’m speaking at SQL Saturday!

Dec. 22, 2017 by

I’m speaking as part of an internationally distinguished group of data experts at SQL Saturday on February 17, 2018 in Wellington. My talk is on migrating SQL Server to AWS