Friends of Red Gate
At Red Gate, we take our relationship with the SQL Server, .NET and Exchange communities very seriously. This has led to our creating a program entirely for valued community members, which is now being expanded to include the Exchange community.
The Friends of Red Gate program is aimed at active and influential community members, such as popular blog writers and community site owners, as well as those MVPs who are experts and gurus in their relevant fields. These people have ideas and opinions about the technologies they work with and, over time, they have come to know Red Gate, and our products, well.
The purpose of the program is to give valued people in the community the chance to use and review Red Gate's tools, allowing them to become better informed about the capabilities of the products and, therefore, able to help others who are having problems which could be solved using Red Gate's tools.
If you are an influential community member, expert, or guru, and would like to know more about this program, please contact Friends for more information, explaining why you think you might qualify.
Spotlight on two members of the Friends of Red Gate program
Dondy Bappedyanto
Dondy is a Microsoft MVP for Solution Architecture and a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer for Microsoft .NET. He is currently the Chief Application Architect for the MIS department at PT Freeport Indonesia ensuring a smooth software development lifecycle and a clear application development roadmap.
Before joining PT. Freeport Indonesia, Dondy was an Independent Consultant in Software Architecture. He has consulted for several enterprise companies ranging from financial organisations to mining and energy companies.
Dondy enjoys public speaking and also spends time writing technical articles regarding .NET and Microsoft technologies, which are published both through http://bappedyanto.com and software development websites and magazines.
Dondy serves as group leader for the Indonesia .NET Developer Community and as the President of the Indonesian Chapter of the International Association of Software Architects.
Robert Pearl
Robert Pearl, President of Pearl Knowledge Solutions, Inc. has grown through the ranks as a solutions-oriented Senior Database Administrator/Engineer and has over 10 years of experience in the management of critical database operations.
His exposure has allowed him to focus on MS SQL Technology. In searching for a simple clear-cut solution to manage multiple SQL Servers, he has developed SQLCentric – a web-based database monitoring and alert system with the DBA in mind.
Robert also participates in online forums, has contributed several articles on MS SQL Server to SQLServerCentral.com, other sites and publications, and covers local events in the New York City area.