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No, You Don’t Need a Blockchain

May 12, 2021November 1, 2018 by Thomas LaRock

The hype around blockchain technology is reaching a fever pitch these days. Visit any tech conference and you’ll find more than a handful of vendors offering blockchain in one form or another. This includes Microsoft, IBM, and AWS. Each of those companies offers a public blockchain as a service.

Categories Cloud Computing, Data Security and Privacy, Database Design, SQL Azure, SQL MVP Tags blockchain 11 Comments

Quantum Computing: What you need (and don’t need) to know

September 18, 2018 by Thomas LaRock
Quantum computing

Everyone’s pegging quantum computing as the next big thing in enterprise technology.  Quantum computing is becoming as overhyped as Blockchain, if such a thing is possible.

Categories Cloud Computing Tags quantum computing Leave a comment

I’m Certified in Big Data

April 16, 2018 by Thomas LaRock
microsoft academy big data certification

After completing the Microsoft Professional Program for Data Science last year I made up my mind to dive into the Big Data certification next. The end of the year snuck up on me though. Time doesn’t stop. You either make time to get something done, or you don’t.

Categories Azure, Cloud Computing, Data Analytics, Professional Development, SQL MVP Tags Azure, big data, certificate, data analytics, microsoft academy 8 Comments

Azure SQL Data Warehouse Costs vs AWS Redshift

March 28, 2018 by Thomas LaRock
Azure SQL Data Warehouse Costs

Today I wanted to detail Azure SQL Data Warehouse costs vs AWS Redshift. This post is meant to follow up on two earlier posts where I outlined the different services offered.

Categories AWS, Azure, Cloud Computing, MSSQL, SQL MVP Tags AWS, AWS Redshift, Azure, SQL Data Warehouse 10 Comments

Azure vs. AWS Analytics and Big Data Services Comparison

March 27, 2018 by Thomas LaRock
Azure vs AWS analytics and big data services comparison

Last week I wrote a post that helped visualize the different data services offered by Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS. This week I’m writing about the Azure vs. AWS Analytics and big data services comparison.

Categories AWS, Azure, Cloud Computing, MSSQL, SQL MVP 6 Comments

Azure vs. AWS Data Services Comparison

March 21, 2018March 20, 2018 by Thomas LaRock
Azure and Amazon AWS data services comparison

Both Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services offer a lot of data services. So many services that it can be hard to comprehend how the compare without a scorecard. So, I built a cheatsheet for Azure vs. AWS data services comparison purposes.

Categories AWS, Azure, Cloud Computing, MSSQL, SQL Azure Tags Amazon, AWS, Azure, microsoft 9 Comments
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