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  • Big Data: What’s New? What’s Next? Part Two

    What if we assume a future without ETL/ELT and content generated by a bot?


  • Big Data: What’s New? What’s Next? Part One

    Like fruits in a supermarket a Data Mesh treats data as a consumable product.


  • Planning a Cloud Migration

    This is the second in a series of articles discussing the pros and cons of various strategies for migrating to the cloud. In this article we explore five steps for a successful migration at a high level. As an Azure Data Architect with nearly a decade of experience, I have seen countless clients with a…


  • So You Want to Migrate to the Cloud

    This is the first in a series of articles discussing the pros and cons of various strategies for migrating to the cloud. In this article we explore “the Cloud” at a high level. As an Azure Data Architect with nearly a decade of experience, I have performed numerous migrations to Azure and helped clients find…


  • IOPS in Azure SQL DB

    I learned a bit of trivia regarding Azure SQL DB today. In the standard tier, IOPS are limited to 1-5 per DTU. That means at an S3, you get a max of 500 IOPS. DTU IOPS are counted by IO operations and not size. It doesn’t matter if you’re reading or writing a single row…