Life is dirty. So is your data. Get used to it.

Dirty data UFO

The internet provides everyone the ability to access data at any time, for any need. Unfortunately, it does not help guarantee that the data is valid, or clean. In the past year I have earned certifications in three areas: Data Science, Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence. Those studies have provided me the opportunity to explore … Read more

Achievement Unlocked: Certified in Artificial Intelligence

Frequent readers of this blog may recall last year I earned a certificate in Data Science through the Microsoft Academy and edX. I followed up with a certificate in Big Data earlier this year. And I now added a third certificate, this one in Artificial Intelligence.

Adding Python Packages to SQL Server 2017

Python SQL Server install Keras package

SQL Server 2017 allows for the use of Python scripts called as an external script. SQL Server comes with some Python packages by default. Today I wanted to talk about adding Python packages to SQL Server 2017. To get started with Python in SQL Server 2017 we must enable the use of external scripts.   … Read more