28 Apr 2015
By Allen
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Want to Be a SQL BI Consultant?

Want to Be a SQL BI Consultant?

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  At the February meeting of the OKC SQL User Group, I presented a session on what it takes to become a consultant. After having done consulting for 8 years, I've learned a few things the hard way and still made a good go of it. Here is that presentation for download. [download id="870"]   This download does not constitute any legal or accounting advice.  By downloading you assume all risk for yourself getting into business, after all, that is part of being an entrepreneur. Best wishes in all your endeavors. Allen
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23 Jul 2014
By Allen
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SQL 2014 ColumnStore Indexes

SQL 2014 ColumnStore Indexes

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Recently I was invited to speak at Oklahoma City SQL User Group and Tulsa SQL User Groups about the advancements available in SQL 2014 with Columnstore Indexes. ColumnStore indexes were first introduced as xVelocity with SQL 2012 as a way to improve query performance against large data sets by grouping and storing columns of data instead of rows.  With SQL 2014, those ColumnStore indexes become update-able.   In this session, we review the difference in ColumnStore indexes, implementing ColumnStore indexes Clustered and Non-Clustered and monitor performance. Allen is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist with certification in Business Intelligence Development and Maintenance. His IT specialties include…
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13 Mar 2011
By Allen
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Cognos 10 Download

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Go to http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal Select "Downloads" from "Choose your Page". Don't use the "Featured Download links". Instead, look at the right hand side of the page where you should see 'Other IBM Pages' with a [+] to expand  drop down box. Within that you can choose "Software Trials and Downloads" and then download the Cognos 8 Develop Edition or Cognos 10 (Cognos BI Developer Edition). When you fill out the download form, it asks if you were referred by an IBM partner.  Answer 'yes' and list 'GAMA Health Technology, Inc.'.  Then contact me if you need assistance testing the product. I…
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