Beta V Corporation

Since 1972 William Vaughn has provided content, training and support to the men and women that design, code, test and deploy data access applications and to the end users that use their products.

Mentoring
If your company needs help deciding whether or not .NET technology, SQL Server or Reporting Services is the right approach, give us a call. If you need insights on how to convert existing applications to .NET, we can schedule a mentoring session to get your management, architects, marketing and development teams up to speed in no time.

Visit Bill's Blog Site for his current views and advice.

Custom Training
Beta V also provides data access and other focused onsite training that can help your entire team understand the issues, mysteries and wonders of .NET technology. See our current course catalog for more information.

INETA Speaker
Bill is a member of the prestigious INETA Speaker's Bureau so you can arrange to have him give a session at your user group. Just contact INETA for details.

Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Studio and SQL Server (7th Edition)

The 7th edition of Bill's popular Hitchhiker Guide series continues to be a best seller. Developers, architects and IT managers join with Amazon to rate this book as «««««. This totally re-written encyclopedia on Visual Studio and SQL Server architecture, application development and best practices includes over 1100 pages of examples and frank discussion to help developers at all skill levels take the mystery out of .NET application design and implementation. It includes a DVD that contains a comprehensive set of examples of the content discussed in the book. Drawn from almost 35 years of experience in the business, the book answers the questions most frequently asked by Bill's customers, public forums, newsgroups and conference attendees all over the world. Bill has posted more information on the book's new support website. A number of online stores are offering a substantial discounts (over 40%). We suggest going to Best Buy Books for the best price. Just be careful, if the book has already been registered, you won't get free access to our support site. Make sure the GUID registration key on the first page has not been uncovered.

See the Reviews page for a sampling of reviews.

Hitchhiker's Guide to SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition

Bill's first EBook has also been receiving rave accolades. This 80-page book provided online through the support site, is designed to help developers come up to speed quickly on this reincarnation of Microsoft's popular SQL Mobile DBMS engine. You might have seen it previewed as "SQL Server Everywhere", but it's now been officially released as Microsoft makes the final changes to integrated it into its next Visual Studio service pack. Download a copy from the support site: http://www.hitchhikerguides.net.

Our Reporting Services book is still a best-seller!

Peter Blackburn and Bill Vaughn's book "Hitchhiker's Guide to SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services" is still a best seller and now in its fourth printing. For those of you that want a free taste, you can download the first two chapters--enjoy! The book's website is also a great way to ask questions about Reporting Services. We also recorded a Webcast for Microsoft that might help get you up to speed on Reporting Services. See www.sqlreportingservices.net for more information, sample videos and to sign up for our support services.

The book is an in-depth study of Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services--far more than a documentation re-hash. It discusses security, report management, design and how to program reports using Visual Studio.NET 2003.

View Bill's .NET courses or catch an upcoming seminar

Beta V offers a variety of courseware tuned for .NET developers transitioning from COM-based ADO (MDAC). See our new catalog or view Bill's tour schedule.  Better yet, catch one of Bill's presentations at one of these conferences. That way you can ask your questions in person...

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