I will be presenting the session “Modern Data Warehousing” tomorrow (Wednesday, August 13th) at the Central New Jersey SQL User Group at 6:30pm. The abstract for my session is below. I hope you can make it! Modern Data Warehousing The traditional … Continue reading →
All the videos for the sessions at 24 Hours of PASS (Spring 2014) are available for free. Check the session schedule for a complete list. Also, many of the PASS virtual chapters have recordings of their meetings online. Enjoy!
Continue reading →When doing ETL, you have the choice of using T-SQL or SSIS (see When to use T-SQL or SSIS for ETL). If you decide T-SQL is the way to go and you just want to execute a bunch of T-SQL statements (individually … Continue reading →
I have a lot of books on my shelves dealing with business intelligence, data warehousing, master data management, and consulting. Below are my favorites: Data Warehouse Books: Ralph Kimball Books Building the Data Warehouse Corporate Information Factory DW 2.0 Mastering … Continue reading →
All PASS Business Analytics Conference 2014 recordings are now available. If you purchased the online sessions, to view, log on to your myPASS account, enter your activation code, and watch the sessions from myRecordings. You can also purchase all recordings on a USB … Continue reading →
Thanks to everyone who attended my session “Modern Data Warehousing” for Pragmatic Works last Thursday. The abstract for my session is below and the recording is available here. I hope you enjoyed it. Here is the PowerPoint presentation: Modern Data Warehousing Modern Data Warehousing The … Continue reading →
Thanks to everyone who attended my two sessions at SQLSaturday in Houston (more info). Here are the abstracts and PowerPoint links: Best Practices to Deliver BI Solutions If your company is planning to build a data warehouse or BI solution, you … Continue reading →
Thanks to everyone who attended my session “Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture” at the PASS Business Analytics conference. The abstract is below. I hope you enjoyed it! Here is the PowerPoint presentation: Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture … Continue reading →
This upcoming Saturday I will be presenting two sessions at SQLSaturday in Houston (more info). I hope to see you there. Here are the abstracts: Best Practices to Deliver BI Solutions If your company is planning to build a data … Continue reading →
I see a lot of confusion when it comes to Hadoop and its role in a data warehouse solution. Hadoop should not be a replacement for a data warehouse, but rather should augment/complement a data warehouse. Hadoop and a data warehouse … Continue reading →
Thanks to everyone who attended my session “Modern Data Warehousing” at the PASS SQLSaturday Business Analytics edition in Dallas. The abstract is below. Great turnout for the last session of the day! Here is the PowerPoint presentation: Modern Data Warehousing Modern Data Warehousing The traditional … Continue reading →
I will be presenting the session “Modern Data Warehousing” on Saturday at the PASS SQLSaturday Business Analytics edition in Dallas at 4:30pm CST (info). The abstract for my session is below. I hope you can make it! Modern Data Warehousing The traditional … Continue reading →
Analytics Platform System (APS) is simply a renaming of the Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW). It is not really a new product, but rather a name change due to a new feature in Appliance Update 1 (AU1) of PDW. That new … Continue reading →
Microsoft’s PDW has seen a big boost in visibility and sales over the past year, and part of the reason is due to frequent upgrades to the hardware and software. About every six months there is an appliance update, which … Continue reading →
All PASS Summit 2012 recordings are now available for free to all PASS members (201 of them!). To view, log on to your myPASS account, and watch the sessions from myRecordings. While there, check out mine: Building an Effective Data Warehouse … Continue reading →
I am happy to say I have published my first book! It is called Reporting with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (order). Much thanks goes to my co-author and friend Bill Anton. Below is a brief overview or check out the … Continue reading →
SQL Server 2014 has been released to manufacturers (RTM) and will be generally available April 1. Here is the official announcement. Here are my blog posts about some of the new features. More info: SQL Server 2014 RTM Announced for … Continue reading →
[Note: The Parallel Data Warehouse has been renamed the Analytics Platform System (details)] I have heard people say that the Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) is Microsoft’s best kept secret. So let me give a 10,000 foot overview on what PDW is … Continue reading →
The Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) officially supports Analysis Services as a data source, both the Multidimensional model (ROLAP and MOLAP modes) and the Tabular model (In-Memory and DirectQuery modes). The big benefit of using ROLAP or DirectQuery is you get real-time query access … Continue reading →
Those of you who use SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) are likely familiar with the “bible” for designing cubes: Expert Cube Development with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services by Marco Russo, Alberto Ferrari , and Chris Webb. Well, a new … Continue reading →