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Book Review: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Master Data Services from Packt Publishers

This is my first book review in this year, though it is a good experience in writing my first book on SQL Server technologies and here it goes: Book Title: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Master Data Services Publishers: Packt Publishers Master Data Services (MDS) is one of the new features that are introduced...

Posted to SQL Server Knowledge Sharing Network (@sqlmaster) (Weblog) by ssqa.net on Wed, Oct 12 2011
Do you do BI? You’re on trial every day

I was reading the news today about the Kercher murder trial and the acquittal of Amanda Knox. The reason for the acquittal was the DNA evidence that was collected, and was the foundation of the prosecution in the original trial, could not be relied upon. Over years the forensic community have defined...

Posted to Simons SQL Blog (Weblog) by simonsabin on Tue, Oct 4 2011
Microsoft Business Intelligence Seminar 2011

I was lucky enough to attend the maiden presentation of this at Microsoft Reading yesterday. It was pretty gripping stuff not only because of what was said but also because of what could only be hinted at. Here's what I took away from the day. (Disclaimer: I'm not a BI guru, just a reasonably...

Posted to DavidWimbush (Weblog) by DavidWimbush on Thu, Mar 3 2011
Oracle and SQL Virtual Chapter Today 20/10/2010 4PM GMT

Oracle / SQL Server virtual chapter meeting is TODAY Wednesday October 20, 2010 at 12:00 PM Eastern Time / GMT – 4 May I ask the chapter leaders to help us out by forwarding this on to your members? More information may be found on our website http://oracle.sqlpass.org Topic: ...

Posted to Simons SQL Blog (Weblog) by simonsabin on Wed, Oct 20 2010
Column length in SQL 2005 Analysis Services cube

I've been dark for a while as I've been on holiday in Turkey on the 'Tourqoise Coast'. Great people, hot and sunny, amazing diving water, thoroughly recommended. Anyway. I had a new one today with a cube. A few weeks ago, in the underlying database, a varchar column's max length was...

Posted to DavidWimbush (Weblog) by DavidWimbush on Fri, Sep 18 2009
SQL Server 2008 R2 CTP to download and test the new features

It is a public news on the availability of the first community technology preview (CTP) of SQL Server 2008 R2 for MSDN and TechNet subscribers, including the general availability. So what's new with SQL Server 2008 R2? To find out that you need to download the CTP which provides the first opportunity...

Posted to SQL Server Knowledge Sharing Network (@sqlmaster) (Weblog) by ssqa.net on Thu, Aug 13 2009
Where is the intelligence in Business Intelligence?

Many people believe that if they go ahead and implement a Business Intelligence solution they will suddenly have an intelligent business that will tell them how it is operating and what they need to do. Customers they need contacting will be flagged, orders that are likely to be late are notified so...

Posted to Simons SQL Blog (Weblog) by simonsabin on Sat, Aug 8 2009
Where is the intelligence in Business Intelligence?

Many people believe that if they go ahead and implement a Business Intelligence solution they will suddenly have an intelligent business that will tell them how it is operating and what they need to do. Customers they need contacting will be flagged, orders that are likely to be late are notified so...

Posted to SQLBits (Weblog) by simonsabin on Sat, Aug 8 2009
Free Microsoft Press eBook offer - Introducing SQL Server 2008

Here is the interesting and fantastic news for the SQL Server users, Microsoft Press is offering eBook about "Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008" by Industry Experts & SQL Server MVPs - Greg Low, Peter DeBetta & Mark Whitehorn. ****************************** Introducing Microsoft...

Posted to SQL Server Knowledge Sharing Network (@sqlmaster) (Weblog) by ssqa.net on Wed, Jun 3 2009
Books to read

This post is mainly for fellow BI folks such as me who feel that they are only at the beginning of this road: First I show you what I've already read (or at least have learnt a lot from): The 70-445 Training Kit - it's a great book, teaches a lot even for beginners (I created my first reports...

Posted to MartinIsti MS BI blog (Weblog) by MartinIsti on Thu, Mar 19 2009

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