My first two days with the Microsoft Surface
I’m sitting in my hotel in Charlotte, NC doing something I never thought I’d do: I’m writing this post on a tablet. It’s a new Microsoft Surface RT 64GB, and I’m using the[...]
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ACID vs BASE: How SQL And Hadoop are fundamentally different
Hadoop and other Big Data technologies are a hot topic, and part of the discussion around them is whether they’re a replacement for traditional SQL databases. Does Hadoop replace SQL[...]
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Big Data and Data Warehousing: Two sides of the same coin
I’ve started producing a series of lessons for msbiacademy.com exploring the relevance and implementation of big data technologies — more specifically the Hadoop ecosystem of projects. In the first of these recorded lessons, I setup[...]
Windows Phone user spends 6 weeks with an Android
I’ve been an avid Windows Phone since it shipped (and the iPhone before that), yet I’ve only been a spectator of the Android platform. I’ve heard wildly conflicting opinions from my friends[...]
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Mobile in 2013: Client/Server vs. Mainframe redux?
Recently I attended an event in Redmond to get more perspective around how compelling Windows 8 “Metro Style” apps will be for enterprise line of business (LOB) application development. While LOB[...]
Slides from SQL Saturday #164 in Cleveland
Had a great time in Cleveland at SQL Saturday #164 this past Saturday speaking on Tabular model design and Designing Business Intelligence Architecture. Both topics are passions of mine, and they must be for[...]
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Thoughts and predictions on Windows8, WinRT, WP8 and Mobile
As I sit at breakfast at a Best Western Hotel today, I’m thinking about Microsoft’s mobile strategy. I can’t help it–I’m using an Asus ultrabook, and I see no other notebook computers here.[...]
Video walkthrough building single server SQL2012 MSBI Demo VM with PowerView
When a new technology is available we really have to kick the tires and try it out before committing to deploying it in production. Of course, this is sometimes a[...]
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Videos on SQL Server 2012 Columnstore Index
I recorded two video lessons on the Columnstore index, a new feature that shipped with SQL 2012. I’m a huge fan of the xVelocity technology in general, and the tabular mode[...]
Delivering SSRS for SharePoint 2010 and SQL2012 to iPad
In a previous post I included some screen shots of a SharePoint 2010 site using SSRS with SharePoint Integration mode to deliver a customized experience for iPad tablet devices. This approach used[...]
