Beta V Corporation
Providing content and support to
the people that design, code, test, debug and deploy data access
applications and to the end users that use their products since 1972.
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 has been added to the prestigious list of INETA
speakers so you can arrange to have him give a session at your user group.
Just contact INETA
for details.
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I’ve been invited to
speak at the
Best Practices Conference in
Washington, DC (my home town) August
24-26th. This year Brian Moran has added
an entire track of SQL Server sessions
that focus on what developers need to
know to best leverage the power and
flexibility of SQL Server. We’ll focus
on the “why” rather than the “how” some
approach should be taken. This
conference is ideal for developers,
architects, managers and their staff.
I’ll be joining a long list of MVPs as
well as Microsoft team members as well
as industry executives and authors to
provide a great set of relevant content.
I hope to see you there…
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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