I’ve wondered about this for awhile now. You may recall the early massive data losses at major retailers, online services and the like – there was significant uproar over lapsed security and insufficient steps that had been taken to protect information on the systems. In some cases, new best practices were conceived out of the mess. In some cases stock […]
Author: Stephen Wynkoop
Architecture of On-Premise Systems
Do you think all of the “aaS” elements change the architecture of solutions built for on-premise systems too? I’ve been reading and hearing more and more that the on-premise architecture bits are expected to take into account cloud bits and pieces too. With things like “database stretch” with SQL Server and all of the functions and services and so-on that […]
Applying AI
Is AI in your (near) future? How would you see it fitting in – at any level of functionality? It’s a huge push for upcoming releases – at Microsoft Build AI is all over the presentations, the tools, the direction for Microsoft. I wrote briefly about it earlier, talking about SQL Server and the integration of AI and machine learning. […]
Planning for Expansion and Contraction
Planning models are changing, along with the considerations as projects are starting. It’s interesting to see the influence of technology capabilities coming to be considered as part of mainstream applications and solutions development. In particular, the thing we’re starting to see and feel as an important piece of the overall solution puzzle is the bookend issue of expansion and contraction. […]
Surprising learnings from the SSWUG.ORG virtual conference
We learned some things based on questions, speakers and attendance in sessions, along with survey results from the event. It was interesting to see sesions and interaction and see if we could determine how things are morphing over time between events, the site, articles and so-on. One of the surprises, for me at least, was the interest in AI. While […]
Free Online Virtual Conference Starts Tomorrow
If you’re not registered, this is the last day to get in on all of the sessions. The SSWUG.ORG Data Platform Virtual Conference kicks off in the morning (May 2) – it’s free, but you need to register to attend. http://www.sswugvc.com The event kicks off first thing in the morning tomorrow (May 2) and continues on Weds (May 3). Registration […]
Calling All Chief Data Officers
Many thanks to Brian Moran for sharing a bit of information from Gartner – about Chief Data Officers; is this in your future? It’s interesting because clearly this is something that needs addressing for systems, and “addressing” is going to take on all new meanings as we define data and how it’s stored, used, etc. The report indicates that by […]
Copyright, Asset Ownership, Data Ownership
Connected items, the Internet of Things and data collected there are all coming together, and in ways that perhaps aren’t so clear, but impact us all significantly. I will tell you that I’m still madly reading and lookikng through diffrent DMCA and copyright things, but the general push for this post is about copyright and ownership of code. Sort of […]
SSWUGtv: Databases, Data Breaches, Performance and More
Much is happening in the data platform space – it seems like a bit of a revolution, actually. It seems we’re going through a finessing and functionality sweep through our collective systems. This week’s SSWUGtv is out – and talking about some of the things that are happening in the news, and things to think about. I’m curious, too, to […]
AI in the DB
One of the big announcements has to do with AI in the DB for SQL Server 2017… what does that mean for you? What I mean by that is, when you hear that SQL Server supports R and will be supporting Python, what types of projects come to mind? Having the artificial intelligence and machine learning and language support and […]