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…]

RapidMiner Auto Model for Online Data Mining
Get started with Data Mining using RapidMiner Auto Model RapidMiner recently released their online data modeling tool called Auto Model. This product allows you to upload data and have RapidMiner build initial data models for you. Currently there are limited algorithms that are available, however, the tool is a great way to get started with […]
RapidMiner Wisdom Conference Sponsor
RapidMiner Conference Sponsor Come join me at RapidMiner Wisdom Conference on October 10-12, 2018 in New Orleans. CDO Advisors is proud to be a RapidMiner sponsor for this event. It should be a great few days of learning how to get the most from RapidMiner and apply it to business problems. The post RapidMiner Wisdom […]
Power BI and Sales
Sales Management Dashboard with Power BI The example below creates a Power BI sales dashboard solution to visualize sales data for a sales manager. The data is loaded into Power BI to create several views that enable everyone from Sales Managers to Sales Reps to gain insights into the performance of the sales team. To […]

BI and Predictive Analytics

Leveraging Data to Make Better Decisions

Month: July 2015

SQL Server Polybase (2016)

HASSUG BI Developer Presentation on 7/14/2015