About Us

SQLHA was founded to deliver SQL Server solutions that meet and exceed business requirements for availability, scalability, and reliability.  

SQL Server powers mission critical platforms ranging from SAP, Microsoft SharePoint, and Peoplesoft to homegrown, business-specific applications that your company cannot live without. There is more to deploying SQL Server than running through a Setup Wizard. You must account for things such as disk design, overall architecture, availability, ongoing maintenance, and more if you want to have both performance and reliability.

SQLHA was founded on the principle that understanding the entire SQL Server ecosystem (be it hardware, software, process, or anything inbetween) is essential to delivering a proper solution. Executing on this vision requires a high level of experience and expertise, which is what we bring to the table.

 

Meet Our Founders

Allan Hirt
Allan Hirt has been using SQL Server in various guises since 1992 and is currently a Clustering MVP. For the past ten years, he has traveled all over the world to train, mentor, and work with clients. He has also authored or contributed to publications about SQL Server for Microsoft, SQL Server Magazine, and others via whitepapers, webcasts, training courses, and books.

Allan is a frequent speaker at conferences like TechEd and PASS Summit, and has taught rotations of the Microsoft Certified Masters on SQL Server 2008. His most recent book, Pro SQL Server 2008 Failover Clustering, was published by Apress in July, 2009, and he is currently working on a new mission critical book for the upcoming SQL Server release Denali.

Ben DeBow

Ben DeBow is a MDCBA, MCSE and MCTS focused on SQL Server consolidations, data architecture and performance tuning for organizations both large and small.  Ben specializes in solving diverse and complex data and infrastructure challenges for large, global environments.

Ben is a longtime member of the SQL community, volunteering the last 6 years as a SQLPass committee member, trainer and SQLPass presenter.  Ben has led webcasts for SQLMag and has co-authored and reviewed several Microsoft whitepapers such as Consolidation Using SQL Server 2008.  Besides his work as a consultant, Ben is a biker, avid traveler and photographer.