Anders Schneiderman on Changing the World

Earlier this year, Frank (@Tableteer) and I had the honor of interviewing Anders Schneiderman (LinkedIn) on Data Driven. The episode is now live and titled Anders Schneiderman on Why We Need to Prepare Communities for the Future of Work. Anders has a plan to help people leverage emerging technology to transform their destiny. Anders’ plan …
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Free Webinar: A Data Science Story

From Shannon Lowder, Data Scientist, BimlHero: “You’ve all heard about data scientists, and seen job postings for them. But what is the job like, really? “Let me share the story of my first official data science project. While sharing the story I’ll stop to point out the skills used that many DBAs, PowerShell junkies, BI …
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Free Webinar: Is Power BI Right for You?

Join us for “Is Power BI Right for You?” 15 May at 12:00 PM EDT! Join Pluralsight course author Eugene Meidinger (@SQLGene | sqlgene.com) as he demonstrates problems Power BI is designed to solve. This free webinar includes comparisons between Power BI and popular reporting platforms (SSRS, Tableau) and a high-level introduction to Power BI …
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The Space Between

It happened again this weekend. After delivering my presentation titled “Moving Data with Azure Data Factory,” at SQL Saturday – Raleigh (which was awesome, by the way!) – one of the handful who stood because the seats were filled (I am humbled) approached and said, “I read your blog. How do you find time to …
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The Recording for Enterprise SSIS Execution is Available

Kent Bradshaw and I had a blast delivering more free training from Enterprise Data & Analytics today – this time it was all about Enterprise SSIS Execution. If you were unable to attend, please enjoy the recording here: There’s a coupon code near the end of the recording that will save you money on Enterprise …
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Free Webinar – Using Biml as an SSIS Design Patterns Engine

The next free webinar from Enterprise Data & Analytics is Using Biml as an SSIS Design Patterns Engine Thursday 2 May 2019 at 12:00 PM EDT. Abstract Perhaps you’ve heard the buzz about Business Intelligence Markup Language (Biml) and wondered, “Why is everyone so excited about Biml?” Occasionally, a new technology emerges that changes everything. …
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HowTo: Install SSIS Framework Community Edition

SSIS Framework Community Edition is available from DILM Suite (Data Integration Lifecycle Management Suite). SSIS Framework CE is not only free, it is open source. To install SSIS Framework Community Edition, visit DILM Suite and click SSIS Framework Community Edition: When the SSIS Framework Community Edition page opens, click the first link: This link will …
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Azure DevOps, Software Development, and Git Part 1 – Applied

I started this series with the title “Azure DevOps, SSIS, and Git” in a post titled Azure DevOps, SSIS, and Git Part 0 – Getting Started. I am renaming it because “I do what I want!” Seriously, I renamed the series – changing “SSIS” to “Software Development” – because I’m going to write about more …
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