I will not even try to hide my secret wish to deliver a full-day precon in the city where I have made my studies, in Vienna – and since this year (2019) the fine gentlemen running this event have organised…
Precon at SQLSaturday Vienna 2020
Knowledge is Overrated*
Continuation from the Data is Overrated* blog post I wanted to point out something that might shock SOME people. Knowledge is overrated* Wait a second, Niko! Did you just write something that … that is pointing that Knowledge is somehow…
Data is Overrated*
There are some buzzwords that have been “buzzing” and hurting my ears lately, and surprisingly to most these words are – data & knowledge. Phrases such as “Data is everywhere” and “Attaining knowledge is the essential skill to survive in…
In-Memory, Quo Vadis ?
In-Memory is dead, Long Live the In-Memory! In SQL Server 2019 without that much deserved fanfare (for me at least), Microsoft has released a couple of improvements that made me think about the current status (was apparently almost dead) and…
Memory-Optimized TempDB Metadata
Besides In-Memory being declared by many people as a “dead feature”, it looks like Sql Server is bringing some stuff into the game, steadily improving the feature and integrating it with Microsoft is introducing something really daring in The feature…