Episode 94
| April 27, 2017
| 48 minutes
Qlik Technologies
SQL Server in the News
Azure total cost of ownership calculator – http://tco.microsoft.com/
Testing on SQL Server 2017 CTP2
Episode Quotes
“I think a lot of others are starting to inch towards that in-memory model…it’s a new silver bullet.”
“The biggest thing is understanding of the data obviously.”
“‘No one will care about your career more than you, so it’s up to you to advance your career to whatever level you want it to be.”
Listen to Learn
– Qlik technologies/products
– QlikView functionalities
– Qlik products and their associative engine
– Differences between QlikView and QlikSense
– How they differ from the Microsoft Stack
Our Guest
Michael Armentrout
Michael S. Armentrout is a 17 year Sybase/Microsoft SQLServer DBA working in the legal, healthcare and financial industries including versions SQLServer 6.5 – 2016. The past few years I have focused, primarily, on Qlik development, while providing DBA support for a healthcare provider. Currently I on contract with Summit Healthcare, in Chambersburg, PA, providing QlikView services as well as DBA services. In my downtime I enjoy my wife, my four kids and playing guitar.
Meet the Hosts
Carlos Chacon
With more than 10 years of working with SQL Server, Carlos helps businesses ensure their SQL Server environments meet their users’ expectations. He can provide insights on performance, migrations, and disaster recovery. He is also active in the SQL Server community and regularly speaks at user group meetings and conferences. He helps support the free database monitoring tool found at databasehealth.com and provides training through SQL Trail events.
Eugene Meidinger
Eugene works as an independent BI consultant and Pluralsight author, specializing in Power BI and the Azure Data Platform. He has been working with data for over 8 years and speaks regularly at user groups and conferences. He also helps run the GroupBy online conference.
Kevin Feasel
Kevin is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and proprietor of Catallaxy Services, LLC, where he specializes in T-SQL development, machine learning, and pulling rabbits out of hats on demand. He is the lead contributor to Curated SQL, president of the Triangle Area SQL Server Users Group, and author of the books PolyBase Revealed (Apress, 2020) and Finding Ghosts in Your Data: Anomaly Detection Techniques with Examples in Python (Apress, 2022). A resident of Durham, North Carolina, he can be found cycling the trails along the triangle whenever the weather's nice enough.
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