There is plenty of competition in the database platform space for SQL Server. There's a new NuSQL platform, whose vendor hopes will replace SQL Server as the platform of choice in the cloud. However Steve Jones isn't sure this will be the case.
2013-05-15
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Steve Jones sees a problem with the Azure platform. It's one that he thinks is limiting adoption, and may become a big problem for Microsoft at some point.
2013-05-14
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Phil Factor on three "sanity checks" that any data scientist must perform in order to prevent businesses from interpreting data analysis errors, or fraudulent activity, as real trends.
2013-05-13
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The way we write code impacts our users, but it can also impact our wallet, especially in cloud computing. Steve Jones wonders how many people bother to profile and test their code.
2016-12-19 (first published: 2013-05-13)
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A picture can express a thousand words. That's a phrase that many of us understand well, and one we embrace when we try to present large amounts of data in reports and dashboards. This week Steve Jones asks you what visualizations you use.
2013-05-10
181 reads
After a recent trip, Steve Jones noted a problem somewhere with the way airlines are handling passenger data.
2013-05-09
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A future world where the machines rule, as shown in films like Terminator and the Matrix, isn't what most people want. However the fears of machines taking over much of our world are very real. Steve Jones thinks it's not as bad as you might believe.
2013-05-08
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With all the talk about Big Data recently, Steve Jones looks at some of the issues with Big Data and how small data might be more important to you.
2013-05-07
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Research in industry can help a company leap ahead of it's peers. Steve Jones thinks this is a good idea for many companies to engage in and highlights some of the great work being done at Microsoft Research.
2013-05-06
121 reads
The state of cloud computing is confusing and unstable. Steve Jones has a few thoughts about the good and bad things in this industry.
2013-05-06
120 reads
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