Kevin Kline : Big Data

PASS Business Analytics Conference (BAC) Recap

KKline — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:15:00 GMT

Hear about the latest announcements at the PASS Business Analytics Conference and from the renown keynote speaker and author of "Freakonomics", Dr. Steven Levitt....(read more)

Two TechNet Radio Sessions You Don't Want to Miss

KKline — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:12:00 GMT

Database expert Kevin Kline and friends discuss BigData, Hadoop, cloud databases, and Azure on Microsoft SQL Server 2012....(read more)

PASS Summit 2011, Day 3 - A Tribute to Wayne Snyder

KKline — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:51:00 GMT

First things first, Wayne Snyder is rolling off the board of directors for PASS this year. We'd worked together, shoulder to shoulder along with Joe Webb ( blog | @ joewebb ) and other outstanding members of the SQL Server community, for many years of...(read more)

PASS Summit 2011, Day 1

KKline — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:40:00 GMT

I've already had a few good days in Seattle/Redmond this week, meeting with the Microsoft SQL Server program teams and with other Microsoft SQL Server MVPs. I was as excited as a squeeling Justin Beiber fangirl waiting for his new video, wishing I could...(read more)

ETL Demo With Data from Data.Gov

KKline — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:45:00 GMT

The idea of ETL leveraging semantic abstraction is quite intriguing and it me a good excuse to use data from data.gov to build a quick demo....(read more)

What I'm Reading, July 22 2011

KKline — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:43:00 GMT

I read too much, and that, my friends, is an entirely separate topic for a blog post. But I thought I'd share with you a little more about what I'm reading because sometimes, if I'm lucky, it might be something you'd enjoy too. So I'm going to start sharing...(read more)

Getting Ahead of the Curve – Big Data

KKline — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:41:00 GMT

I have to confess that I'm incredibly excited about BigData. I haven't been this excited about new innovations in IT since relational databases first appeared on the scene early in my career. But what is BigData? Back in those days, I can still feel the...(read more)