Why You Need a Data Warehouse
Introduction
You likely have heard about data warehousing, but are unsure exactly what it is and if your company needs one....
2013-07-25 (first published: 2013-07-18)
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The benefit of placement firms
Why do companies use placement firms to find IT contractors instead of using internal recruiters?
Who better to answer that question...
2013-07-16
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I’ll take “Products that start with Power”, Alex
FYI:
Geoflow (see Geoflow Preview for Excel 2013) is now called Power Map, and Data Explorer (see Microsoft Data Explorer) is now called...
2013-07-11
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Power BI for Office 365
Announced at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference 2013 is Power BI for Office 365:
Power BI for Office 365 is a cloud-based business intelligence...
2013-07-09
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SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) – June 2013 update
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) has a new update:
VS 2010: June 2013 version: 10.3.30618.1, December 2012 version: 10.3.21208.0, November 2012 version:...
2013-07-02
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Visual Studio 2013 preview available
Wow, Visual Studio 2012 is just out of diapers and here comes the next version!
Microsoft officials released the preview of...
2013-06-27
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SQL Server 2014 CTP1 is here!
As I mentioned in my blog post describing the new features in the next version of SQL Server (see SQL Server...
2013-06-25
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TechEd North America 2013 videos online
Microsoft has posted ALL the session videos for TechEd North America 2013 and they are available for free! What a...
2013-06-20
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Low-rate recruiters – The bane of my existence
There is nothing more annoying to me in my profession than getting calls and emails from recruiters who are looking...
2013-06-18
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Presentation Slides for Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture
Thanks to everyone who attended my session “Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture” for Pragmatic Works. There were over 500 attendees! The abstract...
2013-06-14
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