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SQL Server 2012 : Columnstore Index in action

One of the new SQL Server 2012 data warehouse features is the Columnstore index. It stores data by columns instead of by rows, similar to a column-oriented DBMS like the Vertica Analytic Database and claims to increase query performance by hundreds to thousands of times. The issue with indexes in a data...

Posted to Sacha Tomey's blog (Weblog) by sachatomey on 11-09-2011
SQL Server 2012 Licensing

Today saw the announcement of how SQL Server 2012 will be carved up and licensed, and it's changed quite a bit. There are three key changes: 1) There's a new Business Intelligence Edition that sits between Standard and Enterprise 2) No more processor licensing. There's a move to Core based...

Posted to Sacha Tomey's blog (Weblog) by sachatomey on 11-03-2011
Microsoft Tech-Ed 2010 BI Conference, New Orleans Day 2 (Tuesday 8th June 2010)

Day 2 and the BI Keynote. Announcements? Only two, although actually, old news: - They announced the availability of the MS BI Indexing Connector . Originally announced back in May - They got their story straight(er) with regard to the release of what will be called Pivot Viewer Extensions for Reporting...

Posted to Sacha Tomey's blog (Weblog) by sachatomey on 06-10-2010
Microsoft Tech-Ed 2010 BI Conference, New Orleans Day 1 (Monday 7th June 2010)

The Tech-Ed 2010 Conference kicked off today with the Keynote session. The BI Keynote session is tomorrow but today's keynote did incorporate a small BI Element. No huge announcements, but some announcements all the same. - Unsuprisingly, Cloud computing dominated the keynote. Highlighting application...

Posted to Sacha Tomey's blog (Weblog) by sachatomey on 06-07-2010
Microsoft Tech-Ed 2010 BI Conference, New Orleans Day -1 (Sunday 6th June 2010)

New Orleans 'Brits Abroad' Checklist Bourbon Street - Check Yo Mammas Burger - Check Pat O'Brian's " Hurricane " - Check Absenth Frappe - Chickened out Irish Car Bomb - Wish I'd Chickened Out Alligator 'Hunting' - Booked Hustled - Check Jazz - Tuesday Night Blues...

Posted to Sacha Tomey's blog (Weblog) by sachatomey on 06-07-2010
Creating a Custom Gemini/PowerPivot Data Feed – Method 1 – ADO.NET Data Services

There are already a few good Gemini/PowerPivot blogs that provide an introduction into what it is and does so there is no need for repetition. What I haven’t seen are examples of how existing investments can be harnessed for Gemini/PowerPivot based self-service analytics. This series of posts focuses...

Posted to Sacha Tomey's blog (Weblog) by sachatomey on 10-20-2009
HACK: Exposing Foreign Keys as Properties through the ADO.NET Entity Framework

First post for months; the PerformancePoint Planning announcement forced some redirection and rebuilding. We’ve grieved, we’ve moaned, but at some point, you just have to move on. ----------------- I’m not a fan of hacks – it normally means you are doing something wrong, but in this case, where...

Posted to Sacha Tomey's blog (Weblog) by sachatomey on 10-16-2009
RIP PerformancePoint Planning

It's nearly a week since the announcement that shook the (PPS) world ! It's been a bit difficult to report on; generally the Adatis blogs try and offer solutions to problems we have encountered out in the real-world. Now I could say something crass here about the real-world and the...

Posted to Sacha Tomey's blog (Weblog) by sachatomey on 01-29-2009
PerformancePoint SP2 - Planning Fixes and a mini-feature

Jeremy has already announced the release of PerformancePoint Server SP2 and it's great to see that the PPS dev team hit their target release date ! I've spent a little commute time this morning checking out the documentation, admittedly I've initially focused on the Planning component...

Posted to Sacha Tomey's blog (Weblog) by sachatomey on 12-09-2008
PerformancePoint Server SP2 - Target Release Date 8th December 2008

Word on the street is that next Monday, 8th December 2008, the second Service Pack for PerformancePoint Server 2007 will be released. Less than a week !

Posted to Sacha Tomey's blog (Weblog) by sachatomey on 12-01-2008

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