July 2015 - BI and Predictive Analytics

SQL Server Polybase (2016)

July 20, 2015 by Derek Leave a Comment

What is SQL Server Polybase? Coming in SQL Server 2016 is the ability to query relational tables as well as data stored in Hadoop or Azure Blob storage. This technology will allow you to continue to leverage SQL Server for your data warehousing and access data stored in different formats and technologies to combine data … [Read more…]

HASSUG BI Developer Presentation on 7/14/2015

July 19, 2015 by Derek Leave a Comment

I presented on how to become a BI developer at the Houston Area SQL Server User Group (HASSUG). This session resulted from feedback we received in the user group on differences between database developers and BI developers. If you are interested in seeing the presentation content it is uploaded here: Becoming a bi developer from … [Read more…]

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BI and Predictive Analytics

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Month: July 2015

SQL Server Polybase (2016)

HASSUG BI Developer Presentation on 7/14/2015