Just Do It!

My last day at Fiserv (second round) was Thursday, August 1st. On Monday, I started as an Expert Data Architect at Nike.

I am so excited about this change and really look forward to what I can learn and contribute at Nike.

New Simple-Talk Article on Hekaton

My article on Hekaton:

Exploring In-memory OLTP Engine (Hekaton) in SQL Server 2014 CTP1

was published on Tuesday. This follows very closely the release of CTP1 of SQL Server 2014.

SQL Server 2014 CTP1

CTP1 of SQL Server 2014 is now available! Go download it and start using it.

My first SQL 2014 article will be published at simple-talk soon. I will update this post with a link once the article is on-line.

My New Role at Fiserv: Patterns and Practices Manager

In addition to the Data Architect role that I will continue to play, I am now the Patterns and Practices Manager for the Digital Channels Enterprise Architecture team.

Here is the text right out of the March 12th e-mail that announced the change:

Rob will take on responsibility for managing our processes and best practices within the Group. He will continue to lead our Database design discipline, but will also take on management for the Corillian [Professional Services] Architects. Michael Hallabrin, Tim Sarna, and Rocco Martin will report in to Rob as part of the CO-L Solutions Architecture team.

I am really excited about this new role. Michael, Tim, and Rocco are a bunch of really smart guys, and I am enjoying working more closely with them.

Rob