Windows Azure Bootcamp - Microsoft BI in Azure VMsIvan Donev
This is the presentation from the Global Windows Azure Bootcamp event in Sofia, Bulgaria. The presentation covers topics regarding Business Intelligence components for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and 2012 on Windows Azure Virtual Machines.
xRM is the natural evolution of CRM. Businesses are expanding their use of new generation CRM solutions to manage a wider range of scenarios, including asset management, prospect management, citizen management, and many more. Microsoft CRM sits on the .NET platform and because of that, it is much more than a traditional CRM product. Instead, think of Microsoft CRM is as a rapid development application with out of the box CRM functionality. The purpose of this session is to understand Microsoft's CRM strategy and how you get to market first with world class business solutions.
RightScale Webinar: August 25, 2009 – In this webinar we introduced the first business intelligence solution stack running on the cloud. This cutting-edge solution has been created by business intelligence industry leaders Jaspersoft, Talend and Vertica with the leader in cloud computing management, RightScale.
Power BI Overview, Deployment and GovernanceJames Serra
Deploying Power BI in a large enterprise is a complex task, and one that requires a lot of thought and planning. The purpose of this presentation is to help you make your Power BI deployment a success. After a quick Power BI overview, I’ll discuss deployment strategies, common usage scenarios, how to store and refresh data, prototyping options, how to share externally, and then finish with how to administer and secure Power BI. I’ll outline considerations and best practices for achieving an optimal, well-performing, enterprise level Power BI deployment.
Windows Azure Bootcamp - Microsoft BI in Azure VMsIvan Donev
This is the presentation from the Global Windows Azure Bootcamp event in Sofia, Bulgaria. The presentation covers topics regarding Business Intelligence components for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and 2012 on Windows Azure Virtual Machines.
xRM is the natural evolution of CRM. Businesses are expanding their use of new generation CRM solutions to manage a wider range of scenarios, including asset management, prospect management, citizen management, and many more. Microsoft CRM sits on the .NET platform and because of that, it is much more than a traditional CRM product. Instead, think of Microsoft CRM is as a rapid development application with out of the box CRM functionality. The purpose of this session is to understand Microsoft's CRM strategy and how you get to market first with world class business solutions.
RightScale Webinar: August 25, 2009 – In this webinar we introduced the first business intelligence solution stack running on the cloud. This cutting-edge solution has been created by business intelligence industry leaders Jaspersoft, Talend and Vertica with the leader in cloud computing management, RightScale.
Power BI Overview, Deployment and GovernanceJames Serra
Deploying Power BI in a large enterprise is a complex task, and one that requires a lot of thought and planning. The purpose of this presentation is to help you make your Power BI deployment a success. After a quick Power BI overview, I’ll discuss deployment strategies, common usage scenarios, how to store and refresh data, prototyping options, how to share externally, and then finish with how to administer and secure Power BI. I’ll outline considerations and best practices for achieving an optimal, well-performing, enterprise level Power BI deployment.
Comparison of approaches to security taken by Tableau and Power BI to help make wise choices when planning out enterprise level deployments. View the video recording and download this deck at: https://senturus.com/events/enterprise-security-tableau-vs-power-bi/
Senturus offers a full spectrum of services for business analytics. Our resource library has hundreds of free live and recorded webinars, blog posts, demos and unbiased product reviews available on our website at: http://www.senturus.com/senturus-resources/.
SqlSaturday#699 Power BI - Create a dashboard from zero to heroVishal Pawar
Every data has meaning, but we had limitation to use data through big long running process Extraction, Transformation and Representation, but now Power BI solves your problem to kick start having Data extraction in Power Query, Data Modelling and Transformation in Power Pivot and reach data representation using power view and power map on demand any nearby device on your fingertips.
Learn how to create Power BI Dashboard from scratch.
View the webinar here - https://bit.ly/2ErkxYY
Enterprises are moving their data warehouse to the cloud to take advantage of reduced operational and administrative overheads, improved business agility, and unmatched simplicity.
The Impetus Workload Transformation Solution makes the journey to the cloud easier by automating the DW migration to cloud-native data warehouse platforms like Snowflake. The solution enables enterprises to automate conversion of source DDL, DML scripts, business logic, and procedural constructs. Enterprises can preserve their existing investments, eliminate error-prone, slow, and expensive manual practices, mitigate any risk, and accelerate time-to-market with the solution.
Join our upcoming webinar where Impetus experts will detail:
Cloud migration strategy
Critical considerations for moving to the cloud
Nuances of migration journey to Snowflake
Demo – Automated workload transformation to Snowflake.
To view - visit https://bit.ly/2ErkxYY
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is a new flavor of Azure SQL Database that is a game changer. It offers near-complete SQL Server compatibility and network isolation to easily lift and shift databases to Azure (you can literally backup an on-premise database and restore it into a Azure SQL Database Managed Instance). Think of it as an enhancement to Azure SQL Database that is built on the same PaaS infrastructure and maintains all it's features (i.e. active geo-replication, high availability, automatic backups, database advisor, threat detection, intelligent insights, vulnerability assessment, etc) but adds support for databases up to 35TB, VNET, SQL Agent, cross-database querying, replication, etc. So, you can migrate your databases from on-prem to Azure with very little migration effort which is a big improvement from the current Singleton or Elastic Pool flavors which can require substantial changes.
With the new Power BI Preview Microsoft brings more Self-service BI functionality to the users. In this session we will look from a different perspective to the offering: What about Governance, Application LifeCycle, Enterprise Integration? We will review what is currently possible in the preview for sharong querys, integrating the cloud offering with your enterprise data sources, monitoring datasources and gateways and what is possible to use it on Windows Mobile devices.
DocumentDB is a powerful NoSQL solution. It provides elastic scale, high performance, global distribution, a flexible data model, and is fully managed. If you are looking for a scaled OLTP solution that is too much for SQL Server to handle (i.e. millions of transactions per second) and/or will be using JSON documents, DocumentDB is the answer.
Two of the tech industry’s essential front runners providing business intelligence solutions are Microsoft’s Power BI and Tableau. These leaders of data visualization help businesses narrow down and analyze their data with powerful built-in tools and clear visualizations. Each platform has distinctive strengths and weaknesses that should be considered before deciding on a business intelligence software.
Snowflake: The most cost-effective agile and scalable data warehouse ever!Visual_BI
In this webinar, the presenter will take you through the most revolutionary data warehouse, Snowflake with a live demo and technical and functional discussions with a customer. Ryan Goltz from Chesapeake Energy and Tristan Handy, creator of DBT Cloud and owner of Fishtown Analytics will also be joining the webinar.
South Florida SQL Saturday - Power BI Report Server Enterprise Architecture, ...Vishal Pawar
SSSF-Power BI Report Server Enterprise Architecture, Tools to publish reports and Best Practice.
•Chief Architect in Aptude Inc
•Microsoft MVP
•Microsoft Certified Trainer
•PASS BA VC Group Admin
•Global Power BI Group 20K+
•Udemy Free Power BI Course 30K
•VPawar@Aptude.com
Do you lose precious time due to data quality problems?
Do you need to integrate data from multiples sources and provide an integrated view of your customer or product attributes to other systems?
SQL Server 2016 Data Quality and Master Data Services can help you.
Power Big Data Analytics with Informatica Cloud Integration for Redshift, Kin...Amazon Web Services
Companies are dealing with increasingly large data sets and looking for ways to significantly improve the scale and cost of Big Data analysis with AWS. This hands-on session shows you how you can achieve that. With hundreds of pre-built connectors, you will learn how to get your on-premise and cloud data into Redshift in minutes, not days, and at a significantly reduced costs using Informatica Cloud Integration. With fully certified support for large scale RDS deployments and Informatica’s Vibe Data Stream solution for automated streaming data collection for Kinesis, Informatica offers a comprehensive cloud integration solution for Big Data analytics with AWS. The ability to seamlessly migrate Informatica’s PowerCenter to Amazon Cloud (EC2) offers customers a Cloud migration path, with even higher performance and lower costs.
The Rivers of Information process is the streamlining of information into one’s knowledge growth. This can be through any informational source including digital and social sources. Here are a number of tools, many of them inexpensive or free, you can use to create your own rivers. For information on developing a Rivers of Information your organization please visit: fpov.com/rivers-of-information/
A presentation from TDWI's 2009 Executive Summit in San Diego. This presentation is by Wayne Eckerson, TDWI's Director of Research. For more information on TDWI, please visit http://www.tdwi.org
Comparison of approaches to security taken by Tableau and Power BI to help make wise choices when planning out enterprise level deployments. View the video recording and download this deck at: https://senturus.com/events/enterprise-security-tableau-vs-power-bi/
Senturus offers a full spectrum of services for business analytics. Our resource library has hundreds of free live and recorded webinars, blog posts, demos and unbiased product reviews available on our website at: http://www.senturus.com/senturus-resources/.
SqlSaturday#699 Power BI - Create a dashboard from zero to heroVishal Pawar
Every data has meaning, but we had limitation to use data through big long running process Extraction, Transformation and Representation, but now Power BI solves your problem to kick start having Data extraction in Power Query, Data Modelling and Transformation in Power Pivot and reach data representation using power view and power map on demand any nearby device on your fingertips.
Learn how to create Power BI Dashboard from scratch.
View the webinar here - https://bit.ly/2ErkxYY
Enterprises are moving their data warehouse to the cloud to take advantage of reduced operational and administrative overheads, improved business agility, and unmatched simplicity.
The Impetus Workload Transformation Solution makes the journey to the cloud easier by automating the DW migration to cloud-native data warehouse platforms like Snowflake. The solution enables enterprises to automate conversion of source DDL, DML scripts, business logic, and procedural constructs. Enterprises can preserve their existing investments, eliminate error-prone, slow, and expensive manual practices, mitigate any risk, and accelerate time-to-market with the solution.
Join our upcoming webinar where Impetus experts will detail:
Cloud migration strategy
Critical considerations for moving to the cloud
Nuances of migration journey to Snowflake
Demo – Automated workload transformation to Snowflake.
To view - visit https://bit.ly/2ErkxYY
Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is a new flavor of Azure SQL Database that is a game changer. It offers near-complete SQL Server compatibility and network isolation to easily lift and shift databases to Azure (you can literally backup an on-premise database and restore it into a Azure SQL Database Managed Instance). Think of it as an enhancement to Azure SQL Database that is built on the same PaaS infrastructure and maintains all it's features (i.e. active geo-replication, high availability, automatic backups, database advisor, threat detection, intelligent insights, vulnerability assessment, etc) but adds support for databases up to 35TB, VNET, SQL Agent, cross-database querying, replication, etc. So, you can migrate your databases from on-prem to Azure with very little migration effort which is a big improvement from the current Singleton or Elastic Pool flavors which can require substantial changes.
With the new Power BI Preview Microsoft brings more Self-service BI functionality to the users. In this session we will look from a different perspective to the offering: What about Governance, Application LifeCycle, Enterprise Integration? We will review what is currently possible in the preview for sharong querys, integrating the cloud offering with your enterprise data sources, monitoring datasources and gateways and what is possible to use it on Windows Mobile devices.
DocumentDB is a powerful NoSQL solution. It provides elastic scale, high performance, global distribution, a flexible data model, and is fully managed. If you are looking for a scaled OLTP solution that is too much for SQL Server to handle (i.e. millions of transactions per second) and/or will be using JSON documents, DocumentDB is the answer.
Two of the tech industry’s essential front runners providing business intelligence solutions are Microsoft’s Power BI and Tableau. These leaders of data visualization help businesses narrow down and analyze their data with powerful built-in tools and clear visualizations. Each platform has distinctive strengths and weaknesses that should be considered before deciding on a business intelligence software.
Snowflake: The most cost-effective agile and scalable data warehouse ever!Visual_BI
In this webinar, the presenter will take you through the most revolutionary data warehouse, Snowflake with a live demo and technical and functional discussions with a customer. Ryan Goltz from Chesapeake Energy and Tristan Handy, creator of DBT Cloud and owner of Fishtown Analytics will also be joining the webinar.
South Florida SQL Saturday - Power BI Report Server Enterprise Architecture, ...Vishal Pawar
SSSF-Power BI Report Server Enterprise Architecture, Tools to publish reports and Best Practice.
•Chief Architect in Aptude Inc
•Microsoft MVP
•Microsoft Certified Trainer
•PASS BA VC Group Admin
•Global Power BI Group 20K+
•Udemy Free Power BI Course 30K
•VPawar@Aptude.com
Do you lose precious time due to data quality problems?
Do you need to integrate data from multiples sources and provide an integrated view of your customer or product attributes to other systems?
SQL Server 2016 Data Quality and Master Data Services can help you.
Power Big Data Analytics with Informatica Cloud Integration for Redshift, Kin...Amazon Web Services
Companies are dealing with increasingly large data sets and looking for ways to significantly improve the scale and cost of Big Data analysis with AWS. This hands-on session shows you how you can achieve that. With hundreds of pre-built connectors, you will learn how to get your on-premise and cloud data into Redshift in minutes, not days, and at a significantly reduced costs using Informatica Cloud Integration. With fully certified support for large scale RDS deployments and Informatica’s Vibe Data Stream solution for automated streaming data collection for Kinesis, Informatica offers a comprehensive cloud integration solution for Big Data analytics with AWS. The ability to seamlessly migrate Informatica’s PowerCenter to Amazon Cloud (EC2) offers customers a Cloud migration path, with even higher performance and lower costs.
The Rivers of Information process is the streamlining of information into one’s knowledge growth. This can be through any informational source including digital and social sources. Here are a number of tools, many of them inexpensive or free, you can use to create your own rivers. For information on developing a Rivers of Information your organization please visit: fpov.com/rivers-of-information/
A presentation from TDWI's 2009 Executive Summit in San Diego. This presentation is by Wayne Eckerson, TDWI's Director of Research. For more information on TDWI, please visit http://www.tdwi.org
Picking a technology vendor is a critical decision. It often means a long term and costly relationship that will either be a blessing or a burden to your organization. Interviewing references can help ease this important decision. How do you probe these references? What questions do you ask? Here are 6 questions that can help you choose a vendor that will be a valuable asset to your organization. For more information on how Future Point of View can help you make wise technology vendor selections, please visit FPOV.com
An overview on current Microsoft Technologies around Private - / Hybrid-Clouds and what's coming up with the next version aka Azure Stack from our session at e2evc Berlin.
You've seen the headlines. You're beginning to understand the importance of cybersecurity. Where do you begin? It's important to understand the common methods of attack and ways you can begin to protect your organization today. For more information on our cybersecurity education please visit FPOV.com/edu.
The use of cloud infrastructure is now a given for almost every enterprise. Managed services providers (MSPs), including hosters, outsourcers, and systems integrators, are finding that their customers want to use cloud services. But automation, optimization, and monetization requires a cloud management platform (CMP).
Spotinst: Cut AWS Costs: Using Spot Instances for More Than BatchRightScale
Think spot instances are only for batch jobs? It’s time to think again. In this webinar you will learn about new capabilities and techniques for using spot instances. Many AWS users are using spot for development, test, and even production applications. Learn about new spot capabilities from AWS and find out how Spotinst’s Elastigroup tool integrates with RightScale to help you save money.
Next generation analytics isn’t on its way… it’s already arrived. Most businesses are in the process of developing their new data platforms on the cloud, or moving their existing analytics infrastructure to the cloud. Attend this webinar to learn model architectures and best practices for analytics on AWS. You’ll also learn how you can leverage cloud to spread insight throughout your organization.
Join us to learn:
• What cloud data infrastructure should look like
• How to optimize your analytics deployment on the cloud
• Using Tableau to find and share new insights with everyone in your organization
7 Common Questions About a Cloud Management PlatformRightScale
You already know you need to deliver software more quickly. But what’s the best route to get that agility? Cloud, containers, and DevOps can all help, and a cloud management platform (CMP) pulls it all together. Get answers to the common questions about a CMP.
The RightScale 2017 State of the Cloud Report is now hot off the press. It includes insights based on the responses of more than 1,000 IT professionals to give you a comprehensive picture of cloud adoption trends. The survey results provide the hard data you need to benchmark your organization against others of similar size, develop your 2017 cloud strategy and goals, and mobilize your internal stakeholders for cloud initiatives.
Microsoft Data Warehouse Business Intelligence Lifecycle - The Kimball ApproachMark Ginnebaugh
Data Warehouse - Business Intelligence Lifecycle Overview by Warren Thronthwaite
This slide deck describes the Kimball approach from the best-selling Data Warehouse Toolkit, 2nd Edition. It was presented to the Bay Area Microsoft Business Intelligence User Group in October 2012.
Starting with business requirements and project definition, the lifecycle branches out into three tracks: Technical, Data and Applications. You will learn:
* The major steps in the Lifecycle and what needs to happen in each one.
* Why business requirements are so important and how they influence all major decisions across the entire DW/BI system.
* Key tools for prioritizing business requirements and creating an enterprise information framework.
* How to break up a DW/BI system into doable increments that add real business value and can be completed in a reasonable time frame.
Cut AWS Costs: Using Spot Instances for More Than BatchRightScale
Think spot instances are only for batch jobs? It’s time to think again. In this webinar you will learn about new capabilities and techniques for using spot instances. Many AWS users are using spot for development, test, and even production applications. Learn about new spot capabilities from AWS and find out how Spotinst’s Elastigroup tool integrates with RightScale to help you save money.
Traditional BI promises security and scale, but at what cost? Often, working with data, finding answers and sharing them can be laborious and time intensive. The rapid growth and maturation of cloud technologies offers an easier path.
With Tableau and AWS you can move your BI to the cloud and deliver the security and scale of your traditional BI, but with accessibility, flexibility, and speed. Take a closer look at the benefits of cloud BI, and how you can get started today.
In this presentation we introduce the basic concepts around SQL Server Azure: the database in the cloud.
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The cloud is all the rage. Does it live up to its hype? What are the benefits of the cloud? Join me as I discuss the reasons so many companies are moving to the cloud and demo how to get up and running with a VM (IaaS) and a database (PaaS) in Azure. See why the ability to scale easily, the quickness that you can create a VM, and the built-in redundancy are just some of the reasons that moving to the cloud a “no brainer”. And if you have an on-prem datacenter, learn how to get out of the air-conditioning business!
Caserta Concepts, Datameer and Microsoft shared their combined knowledge and a use case on big data, the cloud and deep analytics. Attendes learned how a global leader in the test, measurement and control systems market reduced their big data implementations from 18 months to just a few.
Speakers shared how to provide a business user-friendly, self-service environment for data discovery and analytics, and focus on how to extend and optimize Hadoop based analytics, highlighting the advantages and practical applications of deploying on the cloud for enhanced performance, scalability and lower TCO.
Agenda included:
- Pizza and Networking
- Joe Caserta, President, Caserta Concepts - Why are we here?
- Nikhil Kumar, Sr. Solutions Engineer, Datameer - Solution use cases and technical demonstration
- Stefan Groschupf, CEO & Chairman, Datameer - The evolving Hadoop-based analytics trends and the role of cloud computing
- James Serra, Data Platform Solution Architect, Microsoft, Benefits of the Azure Cloud Service
- Q&A, Networking
For more information on Caserta Concepts, visit our website: http://casertaconcepts.com/
In this presentation, we will do assess the on-premises environment and determining what workloads and databases are ready to make the move and what can you do to improve their Azure readiness while reducing downtime during the migration. Planning and assessment plays a critical role in moving to the cloud. We would see wide range of resources and tools to get an assessment completed with ease while identifying workload dependencies with practical tips and tricks focusing on sizing and costs. And finally, we’ll assess the SQL instances and identify their readiness for Azure as well.
Azure Data Factory Data Wrangling with Power QueryMark Kromer
ADF has embedded Power Query in Data Factory for a code-free / data-first data wrangling experience. Use the Power Query spreadsheet-style interface in your data factory to explore and prep your data, then execute your M script at scale on ADF's Spark data flow integration runtimes.
Data Quality Patterns in the Cloud with Azure Data FactoryMark Kromer
This is my slide presentation from Pragmatic Works' Azure Data Week 2019: Data Quality Patterns in the Cloud with Azure Data Factory using Mapping Data Flows
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid regressions. In this session, we share our journey building an E2E testing pipeline for GridMate components (LWC and Aura) using Cypress, JSForce, FakerJS…
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
Leonard Jayamohan, Partner & Generative AI Lead, Deloitte
This keynote will reveal how Deloitte leverages Neo4j’s graph power for groundbreaking digital twin solutions, achieving a staggering 100x performance boost. Discover the essential role knowledge graphs play in successful generative AI implementations. Plus, get an exclusive look at an innovative Neo4j + Generative AI solution Deloitte is developing in-house.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI support
Microsoft Cloud Database & Cloud BI
1. Microsoft Cloud Database Solutions Mark Kromer Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist mkromer@microsoft.com http://www.sqlmag.com/blogs/sql-server-bi.aspx http://mssqldude.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/mssqldude
2. Microsoft Cloud Database Products SQL Azure Part of Windows Azure platform SQL Server in the cloud Use same SQL Server tools Cloud BI Mostly hybrid solutions today Very near to reaching full cloud enablement Azure Reporting Services, Crescent, mobile, PowerPivot, DM in the Cloud Windows Azure Platform to build Cloud & mobile solutions Azure Marketplace
3. SQL Server Platform Options Platform (as a Service) Infrastructure (as a Service) Software (as a Service) Platform (Self Managed) Applications Applications Applications Applications Data Data Data Data Runtime Runtime Runtime Runtime Middleware Middleware Middleware Middleware Managed services Managed services Database Database Database Database O/S O/S O/S O/S Managed services Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization Virtualization Servers Servers Servers Servers Storage Storage Storage Storage Networking Networking Networking Networking
4. Cloud Impact REDUCED MANAGEMENT NEW ECONOMICS INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES Pay for what you use Lower and predictable costs Shift from capex and opex Accelerate speed to value No patching, maintenance Faster deployment Robust multi-layered security Reliability and fault-tolerance Latest software for users Internet collaboration Anywhere access Instant self-provisioning
5. “By 2012, 80% of Fortune 1000 enterprises will be using some cloud computing services, 20% of businesses will own no IT assets.” “The bottom line: Early adopters are finding serious benefits, meaning that cloud computing is real and warrants your scrutiny as a new set of platforms for business applications.”
6. Windows Azure Platform GENERAL PURPOSE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES Windows Azure Platform App Fabric Compute Management Relational database CDN Storage Data Sync Marketplace
7. Data and Storage Options in Azure Relational Database SQL Azure Structured Storage Windows Azure Tables Unstructured Storage Windows Azure Blobs NTFS Drive Windows Azure Drive Asynchronous Service Communication Windows Azure Queues
8. Application Topologies From Windows Azure From Outside Microsoft Datacenter From Windows Azure & Outside Microsoft Datacenter SQL Server App Code / Tools App Code / Tools Application / Browser SQL Azure Data Sync Microsoft Datacenter MicrosoftDatacenter Microsoft Datacenter Windows Azure Windows Azure SQL Azure SQL Azure SQL Azure Code Near Code Far Hybrid
9. Extending SQL Server to the Cloud Distributed “scale-out” database service Abstracts OS and hardware management Low-friction provisioning, multi-tenant Automatic high-availability and data replication Pay-as-you-go and commitment offers Enterprise-class “scale-up” data platform Multiple hardware platforms and deployment options Deploy as dedicated server in customer datacenter, VM or 3rd party Typically licensed per-server or per processor Symmetry with Traditional RDBMS Familiar T-SQL relational model Support existing code libraries and protocols Ecosystem of familiar development and management tools Current offerings: core RDBMS capabilities with SQL Azure Database and SQL Azure Data Sync Service Regular updates approx every 3 months. Future offerings include BI capabilities and richer database capabilities
10. Microsoft SQL Azure Information Platform as a Service Scale on Demand Innovate Faster Managed Service Platform capabilities delivered as a service (Database, Data Sync, Reporting…) Reduced complexity, greater flexibility Easy provisioning and deployment Auto High availability and fault tolerant Database as a utility with pay as you grow scaling Rely on Business-ready SLAs Enable multi-tenant solutions Manage multiple servers Innovate with new data application patterns Build cloud-based data solutions on a familiar relational model Build on existing developer skills and familiar Transact-SQL syntax
11. SQL Azure Database Single Logical Database Multiple PhysicalReplicas Replica 1 Single Primary Based on SQL Server 2008 R2 engine Use same tools and data access frameworks Six global datacenters High Availability & Redundancy Reads are completed at the primary Writes are replicated to a quorum of secondaries Replica 2 DB Replica 3 Multiple Secondaries
12. SQL Azure Data Sync No-Code Sync Configuration Easily define data to be synchronized with out coding Choose how often data is synchronized Handle issues where same data is changed in multiple locations Administration capabilities for tracking data and monitoring potential issues Sync Between SQL Azure Databases Geo-Replication, Read/Write Scale out Sync From On–Premises to Cloud Extend enterprise data to cloud Build offline cached experiences Sync with branch offices and mobile devices CDC, Change Tracking, Replication for SQL Azure
13. Advancing Sharding in SQL Azure Elastic Provisioning of Databases CREATE DATABASE and go Pay-as-you-go business model Don’t need it --- DROP it Zero Physical Administration Built-in High Availability, patching, maintenance Improved Developer Experience Robust connection management Improved Administration Online repartitioning operations Fan-out Queries Covered by SQL Azure today Coming up in SQL Azure: Federations CREATE FEDERATION federation_name { <federation_distribution_scheme> }
14. Sharding Databases 1 x 20 GB database = 1 Machine 20 x 1 GB databases = 20 Machines
15. SQL Azure Scenarios Scale-out Enterprise Applications Cloud Hub Data Collaboration SQL Azure Departmental Applications Business Intelligence Software-as-a-Service
16. Migrate Applications to Cloud (Azure) CodePlexDataConnector: http://dataconnector.codeplex.com
17. Microsoft Cloud BI PivotViewer blog: http://petcu40.blogspot.com PivotViewerCTP1 Download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d31f609d-a353-41ad-a1a4-f81456e3a6c4
18. SQL Azure Reporting CTP Features: Based on SQL Server Reporting Services Interactive and tabular reporting Data visualizations: charts, graphs, mapping, gauges SQL Azure Database data sources Utilizes BI Developer Studio (free) to author reports Export to Excel, PDF, CSV formats Core scenarios: Operational reporting on SQL Azure data Embed reports into Windows Azure or on-premises applications Web Role Reporting
19. Current State of the BI market place SaaS Good data, Pivotlink, LogiXML, Pentaho PaaS Business Objects, SAS, Microsoft Azure, Vertica, Greenplum, Google apps
20. Current State of the BI market place IaaS Infrastructure AWS, Rackspace, GoGrid Cloud Management Elastra, Rightscale DB/DW MySQL, Oracle, SQL server, BI JasperReports, Pentaho
21. SQL Server 2008 R2 PowerPivot Publish your PowerPivots as Web applications for your team with SharePoint 2010 Schedule data refreshes to keep your analysis up-to-date Manage security just like a document Out-of-the-box connectors to SQL Azure and Azure Marketplace
22. Microsoft BI Dashboard Designers:PerformancePoint, SSRS, Report Builder, Crescent (Denali)
43. Thank you Mark Kromer Microsoft CertifiedTechnology Specialist SQL Server Data Platform mkromer@microsoft.com
Editor's Notes
Slide Objectives:Explain the differences and relationship between IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS in more detail.Speaking Points:Here’s another way to look at the cloud services taxonomy and how this taxonomy maps to the components in an IT infrastructure. Packaged SoftwareWith packaged software a customer would be responsible for managing the entire stack – ranging from the network connectivity to the applications. IaaSWith Infrastructure as a Service, the lower levels of the stack are managed by a vendor. Some of these components can be provided by traditional hosters – in fact most of them have moved to having a virtualized offering. Very few actually provide an OSThe customer is still responsible for managing the OS through the Applications. For the developer, an obvious benefit with IaaS is that it frees the developer from many concerns when provisioning physical or virtual machines. This was one of the earliest and primary use cases for Amazon Web Services Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2). Developers were able to readily provision virtual machines (AMIs) on EC2, develop and test solutions and, often, run the results ‘in production’. The only requirement was a credit card to pay for the services.PaaSWith Platform as a Service, everything from the network connectivity through the runtime is provided and managed by the platform vendor. The Windows Azure Platform best fits in this category today. In fact because we don’t provide access to the underlying virtualization or operating system today, we’re often referred to as not providing IaaS.PaaS offerings further reduce the developer burden by additionally supporting the platform runtime and related application services. With PaaS, the developer can, almost immediately, begin creating the business logic for an application. Potentially, the increases in productivity are considerable and, because the hardware and operational aspects of the cloud platform are also managed by the cloud platform provider, applications can quickly be taken from an idea to reality very quickly.SaaSFinally, with SaaS, a vendor provides the application and abstracts you from all of the underlying components.
Key Points:The cloud can help save money, increase productivity and reduce management complexitiesThis can create new business opportunitiesScript:This ability to move things to the cloud, use the cloud for extra compute or storage or expose or share your services with others leads to some benefits:First, it offers a new set of economic opportunities. Gain better control over your money (New economics)from saving money by not having to run and maintain large datacenters yourselfin some cases moving to IT as a subscription so that you only pay for what you use, when you use itby giving you the opportunity to shift from capital expenses to operational expensesReduced management:No patching and maintenanceFaster deploymentRobust multi-layered securityReliability and fault-toleranceRedefining Productivity: by increasing access to information and applicationsby increasing collaboration because many of the tools they use are now connected togetherby helping your IT staff focus more on business and less on plumbing and hardware (no patching and maintenance, faster deployment, etc) quickly adapt to changing business needs New EconomicsReduced ManagementRedefining Productivity
Key Points:Script:Businesses are moving to the cloud. Analysts predict that the vast majority of large businesses will be using some type of cloud services in the next few years and that many will drastically be cutting the IT assets that they run and maintain in favor of pushing it to others to run for them. If you’re looking at a new IT project or you’re facing some new business challenges, it’s worth taking a look to see if the cloud can help you.This all probably sounds good from a theoretical standpoint but whose actually doing this today?
Introduce SQL Azure as part of Microsoft’s Cloud PlatformWhen SQL Azure section expands, talk to the key platform capabilities provided by SQL Azure (Database, Reporting and DataSync)These capabilities and why and how we developed them will be covered in subsequent slides.
Slide ObjectiveDiscusses various SQL Azure data access topologiesSpeaking notesAccess from within Microsoft Datacenter (Code near scenario)Connect a Windows Azure Compute application to SQL AzureExecuting Asp.NET code, PHP, other managed code, native codeSimple familiar programming modelAccess from on premise applications (Code far)Solve the DB under the desk issue.NET, native or other platform supportMicrosoft access as a front end offers interesting scenarioNeed to be conscious of query frequency and/or payloadAccess from both Cloud and On PremiseE.g. application with browser front and AND a need to sync to mobile devicesCloud provides an always up rendezvous point for data consumersWindows Azure runs the browser based applicationOther applications connect remotely- TDS, Odata, SncNotesMSDN on topology optionshttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee336239.aspxSQL Azure + MS Accesshttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/access/archive/2010/06/07/access-2010-and-sql-azure.aspx
Initial services – core RDBMS capabilities as a service SQL Azure Database(SADB), Data SyncFuture OfferingsAdditional data platform capabilities as a service: BI/DSS, DWNew services: Reference Data, Secure Data HubSQL Azure is an umbrella brand that covers all the services we intend to offer over time. Post v1 services are in grey. Data sync will be in CTP.Key takeaway: Start with core RDBMS features and expand from there. Integrate with on-premise SQL.High-Value Database ServicesRich data platform capabilities as a service: Reporting, Analytics, Integration, DW, … New services: Data Hub, DataPlex, Association Hub (Data->Information), …Extending our Data Platform to the cloud, generating a network effect:Benefit cloud business with Enterprise connectionsBenefit Enterprise business with cloud connectionsEnable new uses of data to drive additional business value – e.g. “Federated data”
Self-ManagedCore data capabilities as a ServiceReduce complexity and innovate faster by quickly consuming data capabilities as ServiceBuilt for the cloud – not porting on-premises VMs More than a DB - Relational Database as a Service, Reporting, Data SyncNo physical AdministrationEasy Provisioning and DeploymentWizard-based provisioningSimple database deploymentNo hardware, physical DB or file management requiredSelf-healing platformAuto High AvailabilityBuilt-in fault-tolerantAutomated maintenanceElastic ScaleDatabase as a service Easy to Scale –out across multiple database. Pay-as-you-grow databasesMulti-tenant data hostingLogical schema per tenant with isolated physical storageProvision new tenants quickly and easily Business-Ready SLAsReliability Security management across multiple databasesDeveloper Agility – Symmetry with on-premisesLeverage familiar T-SQL based relational database model Transact-SQL ADO.NET OLE DB, ODBC, and JDBC LINQ Entity Framework ADO.NET Data ServicesIntegration with existing tools to ensure rapid development and symmetry with on-premises DBVisual StudioSQL Server Management Studio Innovate with new data application patternsBuild for new scenarios that extend the reach of your data to a large audience – customers, partners, branch offices and devices.Try new cloud scenarios with SQL Azure Reporting, Data Sync and the Dallas Marketplace
Slide ObjectiveUse this slide to transition into an explanation of SQL Azure Database (Reporting and Data Sync will be covered later)Explain at a high level how SQL Azure worksSpeaker NotesDesign Principle of SQL Azure: Focus on combining the best features of SQL Server running at scale with low frictionSQL Azure is a high availability databaseAlways three transaction consistent replicas of the databaseOne primary replica; two slave replicasFailure of a replica will result in another replica being spun up immediately by the fabricFailure of the primary replica means a slave replica will become the primary and a new slave will spin upMinimal down timeTypically just a few dropped connectionsEasy to code for the failover scenario- if you are ding god connection management and error handling will be fineClustered index required on all tables to allow replicationNotesUseful article from SQL Azure teamhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee321567.aspx
Elastic ScaleService scales as resources requirements growNo-Code Sync ConfigurationEasily define data to be synchronizedSchedule SyncChoose how often data is synchronizedConflict HandlingHandle issues where same data is changed in multiple locationsLogging and MonitoringAdministration capabilities for tracking data and monitoring potential issues
Sharded Databases ProvidesUnlimited Scalability Throughput not possible with a single scale-up nodeBest price/performanceSQL Azure Provides the FoundationHighly available on top of commodity hardwareZero admin of cluster, HW, & SWElastic pool of resources with Pay-as-you-go Model
Cloud Hub – Data CollaborationCustomer ChallengesExtending data trapped within firewalls to partners and branch officesExtending reach of data to new devices and applicationsOrganizational silos resulting in multiple copies of data Consolidating and streamlining data for multiple parties collaborationSQL Azure BenefitsSecure and easy extension or consolidation of data into cloudAbility to expose data from SQL Azure with existing frameworksData Sync keeps on-premises and cloud database synchronizedScenario CasesB2B Supply/Value chain collaboration using information hubEasy data sharing to public and partnersMobile applications and remote workers accessing data that is extended to the cloud Scale-out Enterprise ApplicationsCustomer ChallengesEfficiently utilizing resources for predictable business patternsDifficult to roll out extra capacity quicklyEnable new solutions at scale without additional investmentSQL Azure BenefitsFully managed, highly scalable, cloud-based relational database as a service with pay as you go modelBuilt-in high availability, fault tolerance and automated management (no VMs)Ability to handle spikes in demand and scale up or scale down on demandScenariosEnterprise building scalable web application in cloud to benefit from greater flexibility.Enterprise uses cloud database to handle unpredictable variations in demand Departmental ApplicationsCustomer ChallengesData loss or compliance concerns due to data scattered across organizationLack of agility in provisioning databases for departmental needsSQL Azure BenefitsSelf –managing, highly scalable relational database as a service built on SQL Server technologyEasy web-based provisioning and fully automated relational database as a serviceAbility to connect from existing Access front-end applications to data stored in SQL AzureFamiliar programming model and tools to build, migrate and manage databases.Scenario CasesMigration/consolidation of data into a more managed cloud environment.Allowing central IT to “upsize” data into more managed scalable cloud databases.Departmental applications created to be quickly and efficiently provisioned. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS applications)Customer ChallengesGeo-expansion and reaching new markets fasterMonetizing IP more effectively and expanding reachReliably and efficiently scaling to meet customer and business needsFlexibility to pay as you grow without large upfront hardware investmentsSQL Azure BenefitsCreate multi-tenant service with easy scale up and scale downSelf-managed, highly available and fault tolerant service with a pay-as-you-go modelFamiliar programming model and toolsScenario CasesEnhancing traditional on-premises deployments.Building multi-tenant offering to scale and compete with more options to customers.Enabling solutions to provide more options to customers and partners for different needs and deployment. Business IntelligenceCustomer ChallengesQuickly building solutions that enable analysis of internal and external information.Integrate 3rd party data to provider deeper and richer analysis in a seamless manner.SQL Azure BenefitsNative data connectivity from SQL Azure to Office.Ability to combine data in SQL Azure with third partyScenario CasesAn enterprise using data in SQL Azure and integrating with on-premises tools.Multi-party solution provides opportunity for end-to-end visibility and analysis.Enterprise leveraging SQL Azure BI to create reports and perform analysis over their data
Purpose of the slideHighlight the benefits of SharePoint Server 2010 to facilitate seamless and secure sharing and collaboration on user-generated BI solutions. Key Points: SharePoint 2010 makes it safe and easy for users to work together and boosts the productivity of project teams and business unitsStandard SharePoint permissions and workflows enable IT departments to coordinate how users share their solutionsAutomatic data refresh even for source systems over the Internet ensures accurate analysis and decision-makingReuse of workbooks and reports accelerates solution delivery, cuts development costs, and facilitates timely decisionsConclusion: To exploit all the BI capabilities available with PowerPivot for Excel 2010, deploy SQL Server 2008 R2 in a SharePoint 2010 environment.
This is current as of March 7, 2011Pricing table - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsazure/pricing/#sqlWeb Edition: Up to 1 GB relational database = $9.99 / month Up to 5 GB relational database = $49.95 / month** Business Edition: Up to 10 GB relational database = $99.99 / month Up to 20 GB relational database = $199.98 / month** Up to 30 GB relational database = $299.97 / month** Up to 40 GB relational database = $399.96 / month** Up to 50 GB relational database = $499.95 / month** Data transfers = $0.10 in / $0.15 out / GB - ($0.30 in / $0.45 out / GB in Asia)* * No charge for inbound data transfers during off-peak times through October 31, 2010** SQL Azure 50 GB Business Edition Database and 5 GB Web Edition Database will be available starting on June 28, 2010.