BI Basics – Why do we need Business Intelligence
In the previous post, we learnt What is Business Intelligence (BI). In this post, I will explain the need for a BI system. Why do we need BI? This is a very important question that needs to be...
View ArticleBI Basics – Who Needs Business Intelligence
In the previous articles, we saw What is BI and Why do we need BI. In this article, we will see who needs Business Intelligence. Now, we know what is BI and the necessity of BI, but next question we...
View ArticleBI Basics – Components of a Business Intelligence Process
In the previous articles of BI Basics series, we saw What is BI, Why we Need BI, and Who Needs BI. In this blog post, we will see the components of a typical BI Process. Components of a BI Process...
View ArticleQuerying SQL Server Index Statistics
Indexes are a great way to improve the performance of queries. However, they require regular monitoring and maintenance to ensure that the system continues to function smoothly. If indexes are not...
View ArticleBI Basics – Business Intelligence and Cloud Computing
The term “Cloud Computing” has been “Buzz Word” for quite some time and it is continuing to gain popularity for the benefits it offers. In this post we will define what is Cloud Computing, Understand...
View ArticleWhitepaper – BI on Cloud using SQL Server on Windows Azure IaaS
In the previous blog post, we learnt the basics of cloud computing and how cloud computing and business intelligence are related to each other. In this whitepaper, I have covered the following aspects...
View ArticleBig Data Basics
Big Data has been a buzz word for quite sometime and as many others in the industry, I have also been catching up on this latest technology and did a session on Big Data in January this year to a...
View ArticleBig Data Basics – Part 2 – Overview of Big Data Architecture
In the previous post, we saw an Introduction to Big Data. In this post, let’s take a look at the following aspects of Big Data: Architecture – Traditional vs. Modern (Next Generation Architecture) /...
View ArticleTips ‘N’ Tricks – T-SQL – An Elegant way to CREATE or ALTER User Defined...
I had written a blog post on An Elegant way to CREATE or ALTER Stored Procedures in SQL Server in One-Go for Easy Maintenance and it received an overwhelming response and also a couple of questions...
View ArticleTips ‘N’ Tricks – T-SQL – An Elegant way to CREATE or ALTER User Defined...
We have seen the approach for creating or altering a Stored Procedure in SQL Server in One-Go for Easy Maintenance. In this post, let us look at how to CREATE or ALTER User Defined Views in SQL Server...
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