Well, now I'm no longer a 'Softie'. It feels a little strange after having been on the SQL team for 8.5 years but I'm really jazzed about all the stuff we'll be doing over the next year and more here at SQLskills. We're taking a small vacation before diving in - first thing I'll be doing when I return is revamping and updating all of my content from the SQL Server Storage Engine blog and reposting the updates here. After that I'll be posting a bunch on Katmai and working through my backlog of blog topics. I can't wait to get started - stay tuned...

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