Compass Staff Member Authors SQL Server 2000 Database Design.

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

CHESAPEAKE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2001

Determining Hardware Requirements for SQL Server isn't easy. That's why Charles Hawkins, a SQL Server expert and Compass Technology Management employee, wrote about it.

Mr. Hawkins recently contributed a chapter to the book "Professional SQL Server Database Design" written and edited by Louis Davidson and published by WROX Press. Mr. Hawkins is a Senior Database Consultant with Compass. Hawkins has been employed with Compass Technology Management since 1999.

Hawkins, an engineering graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA). He recently passed the beta exam for designing and implementing databases with MS SQL Server 2000 Software.

Mr. Hawkins has engaged in several MS SQL presentations including the Inaugural Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) 1999 conference in Chicago and the European PASS conference in London in 2000. Hawkins will make a presentation on "Performance Testing SQL Server Databases" at the PASS 2001 conference in Orlando in September.

Compass Technology Management, LLC, is a leading e-business systems integrator and application service provider, dedicated to helping clients analyze business processes, design, deliver, host and manage enterprise applications and infrastructure, while striving for open-systems, scalability, and common application tools. Whenever possible, "best-of-category" applications of other Business Partners are used. Compass was ranked as one of the top technology firms by PC Week and AT Kearney, and received recognition by Forbes, Computerworld, Communications Week, and Database Advisor. Tel: [phone] or visit www.compass.net .