Microsoft

Fueling a Revolution: R, Rivals and SQL Server 2016

August 19, 2015 Brad Werner Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Microsoft, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Imagine Romeo Montague calling up toward Juliet Capulet on a balcony, reciting poetry such as “What R through yonder Windows breaks?” or wooing the daughter of that rival family with sweet nothings of statistical data analysis talk of “Big Data, Big Analytics.” Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle Database products vie for market share. Some people consider Microsoft and the Linux community to be rivals. Therefore, when Microsoft joined forces with Google, Oracle and others in June 2015 for a collaborative project under the Linux Foundation, some people expressed confusion. Let’s clear up the realities of this seemingly star-crossed love affair.

Power Partnerships of the BI Elite

August 11, 2015 Jim Brogden Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Microsoft, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

In the world of enterprise business software, there are four titans that stand above the rest. I like to call them the “Big Four of BI” — SAP, Microsoft, IBM and Oracle. Most people see these powerful vendors as only competitors, which of course they are. But they’re far from enemies. In fact, did you know they are actually partners? The partnerships between these software giants are strategic alliances and bring increased ROI to users when their products integrate easily.

What to Expect in System Center 2016

August 6, 2015 Mark Baugher Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Microsoft, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Over the last several months, a lot has been happening to the System Center 2016 suite. The anticipated release date is still reported to be early next year, around the release of Windows Server 2016. However, administrators will be able to use System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 with SP1 to deploy and manage Windows 10 in time for the July 29, 2015, release. With all the recent updates and each Technical Preview, what should we expect?

Ready, Set, .Net

July 28, 2015 Gidget Pryor Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Microsoft, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

The excitement of the new .NET Framework 4.6 and Visual Studio 2015 is in the air. The scheduled release date has arrived. Here are some exciting new features that will be sure to change the .NET developer community. Although there are many more, I have picked 10 favorites.

Why Data Deduplication Could Save Your Business

July 27, 2015 Mike Hammond Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Microsoft, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

I used to yawn when getting ready to teach the section of my Windows Server classes about storage. OK, class — time to learn about stooooooorage *yawn*. Let’s get excited about … hard drives.