Just got a surprise phone call from Rushabh Mehta and Lynda Rab. Turns out they had a couple of last-minute speaker cancellations here at PASS, and they were wondering if I could give a presentation on Wednesday.
I said, “Are you sure you know who you’re talking to? Did you dial the wrong number, maybe? I’m [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cloud’
Presenting on Cloud-Based BI at #SQLPass Wednesday
Oracle announces cloud computing support
I don’t have much insight to add here, but it’s something my readers are probably into: Oracle now supports running on Amazon EC2. They’ve got prebuilt EC2 instances that you can just turn on, a cloud management portal, and licensing options.
This is such a cool time to be a database administrator. I can’t wait for [...]
SQL Server Data Mining in the cloud!
Fun stuff from the SQL Server Data Mining team - they’re showing off SQL Server data mining in the cloud. You can connect to a Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services machine from your local desktop with an Excel 2007 add-in, analyze your data on their servers, all at no charge (for now).
I just published a [...]
The Cloud is Coming After Your Children!
I blogged about why database administrators should use Twitter, and I personally loved that tool. It helped people build faster personal connections with each other, and it helped you get a picture of what the brilliant people were thinking at any given time. Take Brian Knight, a SQL Server guru, for example - I love [...]
