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SQLAuthority News – 7th Anniversary of Blog – A Personal Note

November 1, 2013

Personal, SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News

Special Day Today is a very special day – seven years ago I blogged for the very first time. Seven years ago, I didn’t know what I was doing, I didn’t know how to blog, or even what a blog was or what to write. I was working as a…

Big Data – Is Big Data Relevant to me? – Big Data Questionnaires – Guest Post by Vinod Kumar

October 31, 2013

Pinal Dave

Big Data, SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

This guest post is by Vinod Kumar. Vinod Kumar has worked with SQL Server extensively since joining the industry over a decade ago. Working on various versions of SQL Server 7.0, Oracle 7.3 and other database technologies – he now works with the Microsoft Technology Center (MTC) as a Technology Architect. Let us…

Big Data – Learning Basics of Big Data in 21 Days – Bookmark

October 30, 2013

Pinal Dave

Big Data, SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Earlier this month I had a great time to write Bascis of Big Data series. This series received great response and lots of good comments I have received, I am going to follow up this basics series with further in-depth series in near future. Here is the consolidated blog post…

Big Data – Final Wrap and What Next – Day 21 of 21

October 29, 2013

Pinal Dave

Big Data, SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

In yesterday’s blog post we explored various resources related to learning Big Data and in this blog post we will wrap up this 21 day series on Big Data. I have been exploring various terms and technology related to Big Data this entire month. It was indeed fun to write about…

Big Data – Various Learning Resources – How to Start with Big Data? – Day 20 of 21

October 28, 2013

Pinal Dave

Big Data

SQL Server

We learned how to become a Data Scientist for Big Data. In this article we will go over various learning resources related to Big Data.

SQL SERVER – Download FREE PDFs from SQLAuthority.com

October 27, 2013

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Download, SQL Server

Throughout the last seven years, we have created many Free PDFs downloads from SQLAuthority.com and many are very much appreciated by users. I just wanted to list all the downloads which we have created so far in a single place, hence here is the blog post which contains all the PDF downloads which we have created so far.

SQL SERVER – Weekly Series – Memory Lane – #052

October 26, 2013

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Memory Lane

Let us continue with the final episode of the Memory Lane Series. Here is the list of selected articles of SQLAuthority.com across all these years. Instead of just listing all the articles I have selected a few of my most favorite articles and have listed them here with additional notes…

Big Data – How to become a Data Scientist and Learn Data Science? – Day 19 of 21

October 25, 2013

Pinal Dave

Big Data, SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

In yesterday’s blog post we learned the importance of the analytics in Big Data Story. In this article we will understand how to become a Data Scientist for Big Data Story. Data Scientist is a new buzz word, everyone seems to be wanting to become Data Scientist. Let us go over…

Big Data – Basics of Big Data Analytics – Day 18 of 21

October 24, 2013

Pinal Dave

Big Data, SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

In yesterday’s blog post we learned the importance of the various components in Big Data Story. In this article we will understand what are the various analytics tasks we try to achieve with the Big Data and the list of the important tools in Big Data Story. When you have plenty of…

Big Data – Interacting with Hadoop – What is Sqoop? – What is Zookeeper? – Day 17 of 21

October 23, 2013

Pinal Dave

Big Data, SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

In yesterday’s blog post we learned the importance of the Pig and Pig Latin in Big Data Story. In this article we will understand what is Sqoop and Zookeeper in Big Data Story. There are two most important components one should learn when learning about interacting with Hadoop – Sqoop and…