Tech4Him – Technology with Integrity

Hey there all you IT folks Do you feel like God is calling you to use your talents and gifts in a different way? If so, I want to tell you about a conference that is coming up.

May 15-16 in Dallas or October 23-24 in Orlando.

The Check IT Out conference is only a few weeks away in Dallas, Texas. This conference is put on by Wycliffe and a number of partner organizations with representation from Wycliffe Bible Translators USA, The Seed Company, SIL (Summer Institute of Linguistics), JAARS, etc… This year, it will be hosted by The Seed Company at their Arlington, Texas offices. Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 7% [?]

Came across an interesting video today from Facebook. It is apparently fairly common for small teams, 3-5 people, to work together to create a product. In this case, the “photos” application.

According to the video, photos has become much more popular than expects. To give you some idea of how popular, take a look at these statistics.

• 2,000 photo uploads per second
• 40,000,000 uploads per day
• 1,000,000,000 uploads per month (a billion!) Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 9% [?]

Presenter: Matt Masson
http://blogs.msdn.com/mattm/

Starting up a new project with SQL Server Integration Services? Save time and money by learning about how to avoid common issues that users hit when implementing their ETL solutions. Drawing on the most frequently asked questions in the MSDN Integration Services forum and some of the more interesting packages we’ve seen over the years, well highlight common mistakes, clear up some misconceptions, and provide best practices to help you efficiently and effectively use Integration Services. Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 10% [?]

Presenter: Josh Jones

Just like any other application, OLAP solutions designed and built in Visual Studio 2008 for SQL Server Analysis Service 2008 must be managed from source code to server. In this session, learn different methods for managing your OLAP solutions. Well cover TFS and VSS storage, manual deployment methods using the Visual Studio GUI, as well as command line build automation methods specific to SQL Server Analysis Services project deployments. Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 9% [?]

Presenter: Ted Malone
http://portal.sqltrainer.com

One of the problems that presents those new to Business Intelligence development is how to configure the development and production environments for maximum efficiency. This session will cover the installation and configuration of SSAS for both development and production environments. Attendees will leave this session with a good understanding of the options available and the specific needs in an SSAS environment. Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 9% [?]

Presenter: John Welch
http://agilebi.com/cs/blogs/jwelch/Default.aspx

SSIS is a great tool for transferring data from one data source to another, and for implementing complex ETL processes. However, for simple, straightforward data transfer tasks, creating SSIS packages by hand can be time-consuming and repetitious. By attending this session, you’ll learn how to automate data transfers from a source to a target using SSIS. You’ll see the steps necessary to create both the control flow and the data flow portions of an SSIS package using the API and C# code. You’ll also learn about altering existing packages programmatically. Specific attention will be given to the generation of data flows with the proper source and destination components. We’ll take a look at some of the open source solutions available for this, plus some “roll your own” options. Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 16% [?]

Presenter: Brian Knight
bknight@pragmaticworks.com

Is your customer looking for drag and drop reports or capabilities inside of Excel. SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) is the answer for you then. You’ll be amazed how quickly you can develop sophisticated reports after watching the basics of this session. Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 10% [?]

Presenter: Matt Masson
http://blogs.msdn.com/mattm/

This talk describes the new MERGE statement and Change Data Capture (CDC) feature introduced in SQL Server 2008, and how to take advantage of them in SQL Server Integration Services. Well cover the traditional ways of doing incremental data loads, and see how these new key features make the process a whole lot easier. If you’re interested in learning best practices for this new SQL Server 2008 functionality, you won’t want to miss this session! Read the rest of this entry »

Popularity: 14% [?]