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What is Data Maturity?

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Companies across the world are at different stages of experimenting with data and realizing what kinds of decisions can be made via deep analysis. Since these trials and realizations are happening at differing speeds, and often start from scratch within each organization, there are significant disparities in maturity between otherwise similar organizations.

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2019-05-03

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Machine Learning Digs Deeper into Azure with Custom Vision, Anomaly Detector

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Microsoft's quarter of product announcements underscores its commitment to the cloud, its investment in machine learning as a core component of the modern enterprise, and an expansion of its focus on firstline workers who may not always have high-speed...

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2019-03-30

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The Decoded Value

In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:

DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!';
DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX);

SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000)));
SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded) 

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