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.
I am happy, honored, and humbled to receive the Microsoft MVP award for the tenth straight year. I still recall my first MVP award and how it got caught in the company spam folder. Good times.
A short time ago a colleague asked me where he could find a “Databases 101” guide for the non-technical professional. He wanted something to help make sense of data and databases, specifically relational versus NoSQL.
The future isn’t in databases, but in the data. This is why I’m advocating a shift for data professionals to start learning more about data analytics.
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
GDPR compliance may be hard, but nothing worthwhile is ever easy. Just a quick note today to brag about my company, SolarWinds, and their approach to GDPR.
