Next week I am travelling to Cardiff to attend and present at my favorite major Data Platform conference – SQLBits 2026. SQLBits has always been the biggest data platform show on earth and my hopes and expectations are not getting low this year :)
Grateful for the org committee considering that I can contribute with some knowledge and experience – I have not contributed as much as I have wished in the past year to the community.
At SQLBits 2026 I am looking to see industry colleagues that I have not seen for an awfully-long time, discover new tech and ways to benefit the company I work for – Finsolutia.
At SQLBits 2026, I will speak on Columnstore Indexes – “What’s new in SQL Server 2022/2025 for Columnstore Indexes” and join an amazing panel of smart people at 20 Years of the Cloud – What Changed, What Didn’t, and What’s Next (Brent Ozar, Asgeir, Kellyn, Tracy & Amy) for discussing the promises of the past, the current state and the possible future of the cloud offerings.
If you are interested in discovering what Microsoft has added to Columnstore Indexes in the last 2 on-premises versions of SQL Server and if you are interested in hearing those smart people and mine takes (and discussion), join the sessions.