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Get Your Boss to Say Yes
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Today’s Agenda• When Geeks
Want Stuff• What Managers
Need• Where You Can
Get Help
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When Geeks Want Something
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How Managers React
“So?”
How Geeks React
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What Managers Want to See
Document All the Options
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Sample Executive Summary
Sample Presentation
Explain the Current Situation
Use Graphics for Illustration
Put Costs in Perspective
Explain What You Want
Explain Your Selection Criteria
Sample Vendor Comparison
What Managers Want To Do
Getting Help From Vendors
Reading the Case Studies
Justifying Backup Compression• Data’s still growing,
but budgets aren’t• Keep backups online
longer• Shorter maintenance
windows
Justifying Performance Tools• Spend less time
troubleshooting code
• Developer time isn’t free
• Get faster apps without buying faster hardware
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Justifying Monitoring Tools• Manage more
servers with less people
• Help junior DBAs do senior-level tasks
• Stop throwing money at hardware
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Justifying Change Management• Patrol environments
for change• Improve security
auditing for less $• Roll back changes
with less downtime
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Justifying Capacity Management• Shorter maintenance
windows• Faster storage
performance without buying faster storage
• Buy storage when it’s cheap, not when you’re desperate
Lessons Learned Today• Do your homework• Do your BOSS’s
homework• Document everything• Prove your decision• Make it easy to forward• Get help from vendors
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Resources On The Web• SQL Server community:
SQLServerPedia.com
• Quest Software SQL Server Products:www.quest.com/sql-server/
• Brent’s blog:www.BrentOzar.com