Kevin Kline : Business Intellience

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)

SQL Server Data Tools - Business Intelligence for Visual Studio 2012 Released!

KKline — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:33:00 GMT

SSDTBI for Visual Studio 2012 enables customers to use the Analysis Services, Integration Services, and Reporting Services project templates within the Visual Studio 2012 shell. Read more to get the download details....(read more)

What's It Like on a SQLCruise?

KKline — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:25:00 GMT

I always seem to get a question or two along the lines of "What's it like on a SQLCruise ?" as I present at various conferences, SQL Saturdays , and user group meetings. Since we just finished up the 2013 Miami SQLCruise, I thought it'd be a good time...(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)

Business Intelligence Careers SearchSQLServer.com Interview

KKline — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:37:00 GMT

I had a very interesting conversation recently with a good friend of mine. She's at the top of her game as a first class enterprise DBA in a major medical institution. She was interested in my career advice because she'd recently received an unsolicited...(read more)