SQL Server Data Mining and Apollo Columnstore Indexes
Note: This post was revised November 12, 2010 to clarify the brand names Apollo and VertiPaq (thanks Denny Lee of SQLCAT) — and I extended comments on Amir Netz’s C++ versus C# analogy which I believe...
View ArticleData Mining Answers for SQL Server Professionals
I received detailed feedback based on my December 6, 2010 presentation Data Mining for SQL Server Professionals. As I posted on this blog, the whole presentation has been archived for video. I intend...
View ArticleVertipaq, Analysis Services, and Data Mining
Rob Collie formerly worked for Microsoft, and now blogs at PowerPivotPro.com. His blog is included in my Recommended Blogs for 2011. Late last year, he posted his comments on Vertipaq and Analysis...
View ArticleData Mining Implications of Gartner’s 2011 Projections
Industry analysis organization Gartner announced four major trends for the next few years. This blog post projects implications for data mining (in general). Prediction #1: “By 2013, 33 percent of BI...
View ArticleSQL Saturday 70 Columbia SC Post Event Wrap-Up
I had a good trip to Columbia, SC on March 19. At the event I presented on the topic “Enterprise Data Mining for SQL Server Professionals”, whose slides and demos are now online. Based on the free...
View ArticleMarkTab Reviews Data Mining Chapter
I was happy to receive my copy of Building Integrated Business Intelligence Solutions with SQL Server 2008 R2 & Office 2010 in the mail last weekend. The book is about using the entire Microsoft...
View ArticleTableau Software “Data Mining” Visualizations
Tableau Software produces first-rate visualization software. They are among the many open-source and commercial visualization products (and services) listed by KDNuggets:...
View ArticleTime Series Forecasting and Performance
A SQL Server expert asked me a question last February about time series (forecasting) and performance. I ask other experts all the time about questions I have, and I enjoy answering questions that...
View ArticleComments on PASS Summit Friday Keynote
Today’s keynote was by computer science guru Dr. David DeWitt. I had heard that DeWitt was a good presenter, and found that to be true. He focused on Big Data, and specifically went through how Hadoop...
View ArticleSponsoring and Presenting at SQL Saturday 220 Atlanta GA May 18
MarkTab Inc. is a sponsor for SQL Saturday 220, Atlanta, GA (May 18), and will be giving away five passes to the three-day Experience Data Mining training on September 10-12, 2013. I will also be...
View ArticlePresenting at Silicon Valley Code Camp October 5-6
I am honored to be speaking on the PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server) track at this year’s Silicon Valley Code Camp (in Los Altos Hills, CA). Annually, this user event is (currently) the...
View ArticleFree eBooks from Microsoft
Microsoft Program Manager Eric Ligman has been posting lists of free eBooks from his blog. I have not mentioned these books in past blog postings. So, this posting is a catch-up for the three lists...
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