mak@mssqlengineering.com
Muthusamy Anantha Kumar, a.k.a. MAK, is a Microsoft Certified IT Professional - Database Administrator ( (MCITP: Database Administrator). He has more than 10 years of experience in Information Technology including database Administration, System Analysis, Design, Development and Support of MS SQL Server 2005/2000/7.0/6.5/6.0/4.X for production/development/testing.
He is experienced in MS SQL Server Engineering, installation, configuration, performance tuning, client/server connectivity, query optimization, back-up/recovery. He has handled VLDBs and been involved in SDLC of various data warehouse projects. Currently, MAK is Senior Database Engineer responsible for Engineering and standardizing Microsoft SQL Servers in one of the big finance companies on Wall Street.
Previously, he was a Senior Database Administrator/Data Architect, responsible for development, test, DR and production servers for many finance, .com and B2B companies. He plays an active role in forums as a SQL Expert and moderator.
MAK has written a Wrox book titled “Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration with Windows PowerShell” with Yan Pan, who is also a columnist for DatabaseJournal.com.

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