About the Authors

Ananthakumar Muthusamy, aka MAK (MCTS, MCITP: Database Administrator 2008), is currently the Senior SQL Server Database Engineer for a leading global financial services firm on Wall Street. He has published many online articles as a contributing columnist for DatabaseJournal.com. He also published online articles for SQL-Server-Performance.com and SQLServercentral.com. His articles can be found at www.mssqlengineering.com. He also teaches SQL Server Database Administration online at the University of West Florida.

MAK has been working in information technology for more than 10 years. He hasworked in the technology side of the finance, dot com, B2B, and software industries. His past clients include Fort James, Boston Financial, PCConnection, PurchaseSoft, Merrill Lynch, and Jefferies. MAK holds an M.B.A. degree and various certifications in the computer field.

He also teaches Microsoft SQL Server and has taught many SQL Server developers and DBAs. He has master's degree in Business Administration.

MAK lives in New Jersey. He can be reached at .

Yan Pan (MCITP, MCDBA, OCA) is a Senior DBA for a leading global financial services firm, where her daily duties include administering hundreds of SQL Server and Oracle servers of every possible version, working with business units, and troubleshooting database performance problems. She is also a contributing columnist for DatabaseJournal.com. Her articles can be found at www.yanpansql.com.

Previously, Yan worked ...

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