“When everyone is a superhero – noone is.” It seems that humanity desperately expects some magic trick to exist, a magic “Turbo” button on the Hardware, “FASTER” hint, some specific shortcut that will bring us in front of the crowd.…
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Columnstore Indexes – part 121 (“Columnstore Indexes on Standard Tier of Azure SQL DB”)
Continuation from the previous 120 parts, the whole series can be found at https://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/. Yesterday, Kevin Farlee (Program Manager for Columnstore Indexes) announced that Columnstore Indexes have finally found their way into Standard Tier of the Azure SQL Database, I…
Tuga IT 2018 Summer Edition
It is with a huge joy that we announce this years primary event – Tuga IT 2018 Summer Edition, that will take place between 19th and 21st of July 2018. Yes, the SUMMER EDITION and yes exactly in the middle-late…
100th SQLPort Meeting (8 Years of SQLPort)
It seems like a couple of months ago, I went to talk with a friend of mine working at Microsoft Portugal and asked for contacts with the “people responsible for the technical and marketing part of the SQL Server” In…
This is not your average blog post
What about the average? Yes, what about it? When talking about the average, people expect someone to put some crazy statistics and to come back with a number and a one true answer. Let me spare your time, the answer…