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I have had a few issues over the years with my Dell Precision 5510 notebook (https://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/Dell_Precision_15_5000_Series_5510_Spec_Sheet.pdf) I bought the device specifically to do demos which required a VMs without access to the internet.  The machine has 32 GB of RAM, a 2 TB Samsung 970 NVMe, Amazing touch-screen display.  I had an issue last year […]

I’ve been a consumer of great blog posts, and sometimes, it doesn’t make sense to re-create the wheel (or the blog post).  I have been a silent fan of How To Geek blogs for some time.  I don’t know the author(s).  I don’t know their story… I just like their posts.  So when I see

The life of an independent consultant as it relates to technology configuration can be murky at times. In a large organization, it’s usually quite rigid,  IT provisions you a machine (that you may, or many not, have a choices in selecting), that they have configured, they’ve established policies and procedures that help guide you to

This is just an assortment of learning resources for Power BI and associated technologies that I have found helpful. Power BI Guided Learning from Microsoft’s Power BI team Will brings you a huge video series and they’ve dropped it in YouTube to increase the exposure. Get started at https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/guided-learning/  Guy in a Cube Adam &

One of the local Sponsors to SQLSaturday #635 – Vancouver, BC is Excelguru. Ken, founder of Excelguru, will be delivering a “Pre-Conference” session on Power BI!  Here are some of the details, and a link to further details and a registration page. Friday, August 25, 2017 The sad reality is that not all data we

This Summer, Vancouver data professionals welcome the 5th iteration of the global phenomenon that is SQLSaturday! Critical Facts   what?   SQLSaturday #635 – Vancouver 2017 where?  UBC Robson Square Downtown Campus – Vancouver, BC when?   Saturday, August 26th, 2017 (All day! – Schedule coming soon) who?    500 attendees (it’s our goal!) – professionals who

There are a number of exceptional events taking place close to home (Vancouver, BC, Canada) over the next few weeks… here are just 5 Data-centric events to excite the senses! New Era of Data Warehouse Design – with ColumnStore technology  (Free event) Operationalize Power BI  (Free event) PASS Summit 2016  (discount code provided!) Columnstore &

Well, on June 1st, Microsoft delivered a new version of its “Enterprise Class” Database, SQL Server.  Why should you upgrade?  There are so many reasons that I can think of, but likely you’ll be interested because… SQL Server Developer’s Edition is now FREE! … so why not take it for a spin… Need resources to get