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“Business Analysis Transformation in IT and ITes Industry, what initiatives do we need?
This was the subject of 4 panelists and the moderator who came together at the BA conference...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 06/03/2014
Project Siena - Create apps with Excel and PowerPoint skills
Siena apps are as easy as editing a document. You place some visuals on a canvas. You hook them up...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 12/19/2013
SQL Server 2014 - CTP2 is now available
CTP2 can be downloaded at https://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/dn205290.aspx Highlights in...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 10/16/2013
Microsoft SQL Server - What is in it for a DBA ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVbHVMuiAkQ
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 10/08/2013
SQLite
Most database users are proud to say that they have worked on databases of large size. For business...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 08/05/2013
PowerBI - complete Self Service BI solution in Excel
Power BI is a self service and intuitive solution for all of your data needs delivered in Excel. New...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 07/23/2013
Download Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Community Technology Preview 1 (CTP1)
Please download from here and play around with SQL 2014. Do share your feedback with us...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 06/25/2013
Oracle partners with Microsoft
Microsoft and Oracle today announced that they are putting their differences aside to strike a...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 06/24/2013
Microsoft SQL 14 CTP1 Product Guide
Look at some teasers below to check out what is new in SQL 2014 Create statement DDL now as the...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 06/20/2013
Forecasting Sales data with Excel mining - Step by Step Guide
Mining is a service and can be coded. This means that it is enterprise ready. Mining can be done...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 06/18/2013
Getting started with Self Service BI using Power View
Self Service BI capability is “THE” thing that senior executives want. IT on the other...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 06/16/2013
Great Indian Developer Awards - Visual Studio and Sharepoint
Folks, these awards excited me. Please see details below Even us database folks use Visual Studio...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 05/26/2013
Data Mining Plugin for Excel 2013
Data mining option is a plugin for Excel 2013. You can build powerful mining models and even work...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 05/21/2013
Infrastructure as a Service for SQL Server (IaaS for SQL Server)
With “IaaS”, the usage of cloud has further increased productivity. Infrastructure...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 05/13/2013
SQL Azure - An introduction
SQL Azure – why should you use it? Hardware sizing is always a chore that is more based on...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 05/10/2013
PowerPivot & PowerView can hold more data with Workbook Size Optimizer
Workbook Size Optimizer https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38793 The Workbook...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 04/28/2013
Hekaton and Bwtree makes the next version of SQL Server super fast
The next version of SQL Server due to release in 2014/2015 is code named hekaton. Hekaton in greek...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 04/21/2013
PrimaryKeys can be Nonclustered too?
Yesterday, I came across a case where composite keys were being used and not justifiable. The reason...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 04/08/2013
SQL Server Data Tools (Part2)
In my previous blog on SSDT, we saw the advantages and ease of use for “connected...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 04/03/2013
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) is a Visual Studio Suite that allows database users to build, debug,...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 03/29/2013
Microsoft BizSpark India Startup Challenge - Cloud computing and Mobile applications
“Microsoft BizSpark India Startup Challenge is an effort to find entrepreneurs with innovative...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 02/28/2013
Big data, Big deal
Today, more data is being produced every year than the entire history of human civilization since...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 02/18/2013
Data Cubes
The term “Cube” is not new. Most of us would associate it with Rubik cubes, invented by...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 01/30/2013
Data Visualization (Reporting) Options
How important is data visualization? A picture can convey a thousand words. Human beings respond...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 01/15/2013
The world of Business Intelligence
Rain, Rain everywhere, but not a clean drop to drink Data, data everywhere, but not a reliable byte...
Author: Deepthi Anantharam Date: 01/10/2013