Michael Mullery

Michael Mullery has spent more than eight years with CDW. He is currently a principal field solution architect for the hybrid cloud team but has also worked as a Microsoft SQL Server solution architect. In that role, he used his passion for matching customers with the technology that would best suit their needs. Michael has more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry, including positions at other systems integrators and Microsoft.

Principal Field Solution Architect

Expanding Business Use Cases: Why You Should Learn to Love AI

Concerns about the implications of artificial intelligence abound, but IT leaders should focus on the fact that this technology is already making inroads in the enterprise.

By Michael Mullery and Drew Shanahan

March 1, 2019

Software, Data Center, Security

My colleagues and I jokingly follow the Fight Club rule when talking with business and IT leaders about artificial intelligence: The first rule of AI is you don’t talk about AI. When people hear the phrase “artificial intelligence,” they often imagine complicated, expensive solutions, their minds leaping to sci-fi cultural artifacts such as the 2001…

It’s Official: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is Out of Time

By Michael Mullery

April 13, 2016

Data Center

It’s over, folks. Microsoft has officially ended support for SQL Server 2005. By the time you read this, April 12 will have come and gone. In earlier posts in this series, we’ve discussed some of the negatives associated with ignoring this deadline. We’ve also talked about some of the options you have for upgrading. Specific…

The Clock is Ticking: Migration Options for SQL Server 2005 End of Life

By Michael Mullery

November 24, 2015

Data Center

If you are like many of our customers, you still have some SQL Server 2005 in your environment. In April of 2016 Microsoft will end extended support of SQL Server 2005. As discussed in an earlier post, there can be quite a few negative implications of this impending deadline. Other details can be found at…