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SQL Server 2016 Stretch Database

August 17, 2015 by Derek Leave a Comment

SQL Server 2016 Stretch Database One of the features in SQL Server 2016 that you will want to explore is the ability to store your historical data in the Azure cloud. By leveraging the Stretch Database feature your applications can silently migrate data to the cloud without having to change your existing code. Stretch Database … [Read more…]

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…]

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 […]