When I first heard about the new serverless compute tier, I wondered if I could use it for all my Azure SQL databases to save my clients some money.But first things first, what the heck is serverless? Azure SQL Database serverless is a new compute ti...
When I started to jump from DBA to Data Architect, I thought that these roles would diverge further and further until they became two separate roles and functions. Both with their own skillset and their own purpose in the (big) Data Analytics world. ...
Stefanie was planning to update her knowledge on Microsoft Azure. After a good night rest, she was ready for this new adventure. She opened up her laptop, turned on the power and immediately stopped and stood up. Yep, some things will never change. F...
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Data Lakes are the foundations of the new data platform, enabling companies to represent their data in an uniform and consumable way. The flexibility, agility, and security of having structured, unstructured, and historical data readily available in ...
SQL Server 2017 is not that new anymore, but it is still the fastest database everywhere you need it. But, as with each new release of SQL Server, most people are hesitating to start migrating to this new version for a variety of reasons. Let’s...
“The Always Highly Available Failover Cluster On Instance”. The project Stephanie was working on was nearly finished. Her new architecture was built, scripts were being created and databases were migrated. She was doing a wrap up for hers...
One of the new features in SQL 2017 is a way to save Graph Data. First time I heard the term 'graph' I was stunned... Graph Data? First thing, I thought that came into my mind: 'Why would you save charts (graphs)'. Nevertheless, that is not what Grap...
Securing sensitive data is a critical concern for organizations of all types and sizes. Credit card numbers, medical and health records, and other personal information must be stored and secured in such a way that only authorized personnel is able to...
In deze blog vertel ik hoe je met de meest gebruikte open source programmeertaal R een statistische analyse en een grafische presentatie van jouw gegevens maakt. Plus, waarom dat nuttig is.In SQL Server 2016 zitten de mogelijkheden van R al ingebouwd...
1, 2, 3, do you count with me.A couple of months after the breakdown of one of their databases in production, Stephanie, Marc and Richard worked out a very good plan. The plan was set in motion days after the data loss the company suffered. Although ...