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SQL Cruise 2013 Dates Coming Soon
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SQL Cruise 2013 Dates Coming Soon

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Are you interested in SQL Server training with a twist?

Do you wish you could have some time one-on-one time with those presenting technical sessions in conventional settings only to find yourself competing for 30 frantic seconds alone while being elbowed in the back by a classroom full of students as she is trying to pack up before the next presenter takes the stage?

Are you a proven SQL Server Presenter with years of real-world experience and the skills to tell a good story, engage an audience, and educate a small group of students each looking for custom training?

Are you a company that markets to SQL Server Professionals and are interested in reaching those individuals that are not interested in just the average classroom training that so many prescribe to; the elite in the SQL Server Community and those that teach and share their skills with others?

If any of those describe you then you’ll want to pay attention over the coming days as we kick off SQL Cruise 2013.  We will be locking down dates on the first day of Summer with our partners at Norwegian Cruise Line and preparing our call for abstracts for interested speakers, the opening of registration, and the publishing of our 2013 Sponsorship Plan in the coming week.  Stay tuned here for details.  For up-to-the-minute information please subscribe to our feed.

We will be offering two cruises in 2013 with the same itineraries as we offered in 2012:

Miami and the Eastern Caribbean

Alaska

While the itineraries for the cruises will be the same, the training will be entirely new.  Our call for abstracts and their subsequent approval will be swift because we want our cruisers to know exactly what to expect from our training early in the process.

We are looking forward to seeing you in 2013 aboard the NCL Epic and NCL Jewel!

SQL Cruise 2012 Alaska Group Statistics
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SQL Cruise 2012 Alaska Group Statistics

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Just a few statistics about our 2012 Alaska SQL Cruise (since we SQL Server Professionals love data so…)

  • Cruisers (aka students): 11
  • Plus-Ones: 17
    • Children: 2
    • Parents: 4
    • Spouses: 11
  • Speakers: 6
  • Staff: 2
  • Class Hours: 20
  • Networking Hours: 54
  • Shore Excursion Hours: 32
  • Dining Hours: 24 x 7 (technically)
  • (Official) Office Hours: 3
  • (Actual) Office Hours: (see Networking Hours)
  • Corporate Sponsors: 6
  • Cost of SQL Cruise Training Subsidized by Sponsorship per Cruiser: $1500.00
  • Average Cost of Room & Board per night: $170.00
  • Nautical Miles Traveled Aboard the NCL Jewel: 2,000 (estimated)
  • Furthest Cruiser from Seattle Port:Bruce Pratt Jr. (Louisiana)
  • Wildlife Spotted on SQL Cruise:
    • Moose
    • Bear
    • Whales
    • Starfish
    • Sea Cucumbers & Urchins
    • Waterfowl (various)
    • Jellies (various)
    • Mountain Goats
    • Harbor Seals
    • Otter
    • Salmon (smoked)
  • Temperature of Pools: 85 degrees F
  • Temperature of Hot Tubs: 99 degrees F
  • Topics of Class Sessions:
    • Powershell
    • Leading Technical Teams
    • Communicating with Non-Technical Management
    • Performance Tuning
    • Developing for Performance
    • Advanced Backup & Recovery
    • Solid State Drives & SQL Performance
  • Hours of Video Shot by SQL Cruise Attendees: 50 (estimated)
  • Gb of Photos Shot by SQL Cruise Attendees: 200 (estimated)
  • SQL Cruiser Primary Professions:
    • Corporate DBAs: 46%
    • Consultants: 27%
    • Corporate Developers: 9%
    • Management: 18%
  • SQL Cruise Experience:
    • First-Timer: 82%
    • Returning: 18%
  • Reasons for You to Not to Attend the Next SQL Cruise: NULL

 

Thank you for A Wonderful and Successful 2012 SQL Cruise Season

Thank you for A Wonderful and Successful 2012 SQL Cruise Season

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At SQL Cruise our SELECT * is a bit different…

Now that we’re done with SQL Cruises for 2012 we turn towards a new chapter in SQL Cruise in our planning for 2013 and it all starts with updating our presence on the web.  Please explore the site in the meantime but keep in mind all cruises for 2012 have sailed into the sunset.  Please stay tuned for future cruise information coming soon.

In the meantime if you’d like to be kept informed of news with SQL Cruises as we prepare to announce our 2013 schedule early this summer or have questions for the SQL Cruise staff please visit our Contact Page.

If you want to stay current with SQL Cruise information as it materializes please sign up for our feed on the right side of this page and follow us on Twitter at @SQLCruise.

Finally, if you want to get an idea (visually) of what SQL Cruise is like visit our latest sets of photos on Flickr for the Alaska 2012 and Miami 2012 cruises or search on the hashtag of #SQLCruise on Flickr for all past cruiser photos.

Red Gate Software for Two Lucky SQL Cruise Attendees
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Red Gate Software for Two Lucky SQL Cruise Attendees

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We’ve just received word that one of our original sponsors, Red Gate Software, who is joining us again on SQL Cruise Alaska is providing year licenses for two

Our First Search the Ship Contest in 2010

of their best suites of products for the winners of the Red Gate SQL Cruise Alaska 2012 Search the Ship Contest.  As is tradition on the first night of the SQL Cruise we will be sending the Cruisers and their guests all over the ship on a photo scavenger hunt.  This accomplishes three things:  it builds teamwork, it allows everyone to become familiar with the ship on the first night, and it helps to get everyone to start interacting with those they’ve just met; oh, and it’s fun too!  Our Cruisers and their guests in the past have been on the hunt for guys in shorts and black socks, strange couples in Hawaiian shirts (even on the Alaska cruises), and have been driven to hop on water slides and in hot tubs with their clothes on to win prizes and glory on night one.  Alaska in 2012 should be no different.

Thank you Red Gate Software for continuing to sponsor SQL Cruise and for all you do to foster education and fun in the SQL Community and for all those fabulous tools you provide to make our lives as DBAs and Developers so much easier.

Awarding Kindle Fires to Idera Iditarod Winners Max and Mala
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Win a Kindle Fire Courtesy of Idera on SQL Cruise Alaska 2012

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Idera Software is back as a sponsor for SQL Cruise and they continue to not only provide the SQL Community with tools for SQL Server (as well as Sharepoint and Powershell) but they also continue to bring excitement and some nice prizes to the networking and team-building events on board SQL Cruise!  This also means the Idera Iditarod will be back on SQL Cruise Alaska.  What is the Idera Iditarod?  Well you take a bit of Amazing Race and add a sliver of Minute to Win It and you have the Idera Iditarod.  Teams of two will be tasked with answering SQL Server-related questions that will send them to different locations on the ship, from there they’ll need to bring back a package which they’ll open only to find a mini-game that they’ll need to solve in the training room for our cameras. (Check out clips from the Idera Iditarod on our 2011 Alaskan SQL Cruise.)  Combining fun, technical, and networking is core of what we work towards on SQL Cruise and the Idera Iditarod is just one of those ways in which the FUN takes center stage.  In the past Idera has provided us with Flip Mini HD video recorders for our winners; this time around they take it up a notch and are awarding Kindle Fires.  As an owner of an iPad and a Kindle Fire I can tell you that I do 100% of my reading on my Fire.  It’s also fully-functional for games, social media, and productivity tools.  You can also read my book as well as those authored by many of the speakers aboard SQL Cruise Alaska 2012 on the Kindle Fire!

There is still time to join us on SQL Cruise Alaska 2012.  Registration information is at http://sqlcruise.com/register

Idera

Idera provides powerful and easy-to-use software tools to simplify Microsoft SQL Server management. Our award-winning SQL Server tools address real-world challenges including backup and recovery, performance monitoring, security, compliance and administration. Download a free 14-day trial of any of our tools at www.idera.com.

If you or your company are interested in being a sponsor for our next SQL Cruise please visit our sponsor page and download the 2012 Sponsorship plan.

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