This past Monday I listed out the five trends that data professionals need to be aware of and how it will impact their careers. I’m here to tell you something else: Dont just love your data, that isn’t enough. You need to make love to your data using tools like PowerPivot. Yesterday Rob Collie (blog | @powerpivotpro) provided a [...]
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Why Is My Server Running Slow?
It’s Sunday evening. You are sitting down to have dinner with your family. Suddenly your phone rings. You want to ignore it because, let’s face it, your phone rings a lot. But you see the person calling and knowing they don’t call very often you decide to answer. On the other end of the line [...]
5 Critical Trends For The Data Professional of the Future
No one can predict the future.
And yet it seems as if we all tend to worry about what the future will hold for us. As data professionals we are bombarded every day with new concepts and buzzwords like ‘cloud’, ‘big data’, ‘PaaS’, and ‘Snooki’. For many server and database admins these terms represent an unknown [...]
SQL 2012 Books Available For Pre-order
There is no question in my mind right now that the SQL Server 2012 book I am most looking forward to having on my bookshelf is the Professional SQL Server 2012 Internals and Troubleshooting by Christian Bolton (blog | @christianbolton) et al. I enjoyed Christians first book (Professional SQL Server 2008 Internals and Troubleshooting) as well, and [...]