June 9, 2009 – Charlotte, NC – Noted SQL Server expert, speaker and author, John Welch, has recently contributed to two publications written specifically for developers and administrators using Microsoft SQL Server 2008. The two books have been published and are available through Amazon.com.

John is co-author of “Smart Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2008,” using his deep SQL Server and Business Intelligence knowledge to share best practices and provide a technical review for the completed work. The publication features practical, end-to-end guidance on how to envision, plan, develop, test and deploy a complete SQL Server 2008-based Business Intelligence solution.

John also contributed to “Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration,” a comprehensive, fast-paced, task-based reference publication, providing the information needed to deploy, manage, and secure Microsoft SQL Server 2008. John’s section focused on the specific activities SQL Server administrators need to properly use Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS).

About John Welch

John Welch, Mariner’s Chief Architect, has been working with business intelligence and data warehousing technologies for more than 8 years, with a focus on Microsoft products in heterogeneous environments. He is a Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP), an award acknowledging his commitment to sharing his knowledge with the IT community. John is an experienced speaker, having given presentations at Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) conferences, the Microsoft Business Intelligence conference, Software Development West (SD West), Software Management Conference (ASM/SM), and others. He has also contributed to two recent books on SQL Server 2008, “Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management and Administration” and "Smart Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2008".

John maintains two blogs: one on business intelligence topics at http://agilebi.com/cs/blogs/bipartisan.and one focused on SSIS at http://agilebi.com/CS/blogs/jwelch/ . John is also active in open source projects that help ease the development process for Microsoft BI developers, including BIDS Helper, http://www.codeplex.com/bidshelper an add-in for Business Intelligence Development, and is the lead developer on ssisUnit, a unit testing framework for SSIS.