Tag Archives: Microsoft

Open Source SQLPS

Posted on March 11, 2016 by way0utwest

I first saw PowerShell in 2007 or 2008 at TechEd. I was both fascinated and excited, finding the idea of using command line tools both nostalgic as well as handy. Certainly there have been a number of file based operations I’ve wanted … Continue reading →

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Learning from Microsoft

Posted on March 1, 2016 by way0utwest

I know that many data professionals out there are skeptical of the cloud. Certainly there are problems with reliability, security, and more that prevent many of you from migrating to some online database. However that doesn’t mean that everything being … Continue reading →

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Adios, IE

Posted on January 9, 2016 by way0utwest

The first browser I used on the Internet to find information was the text based lynx browser. This was quite an improvement (at the time) over Archive and Gopher. When Netscape released their Navigator browser for Windows, I abandoned those old tools, moving on to a … Continue reading →

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The Machines are Learning

Posted on December 17, 2015 by way0utwest

One of the technologies that Microsoft is promoting heavily is machine learning. This has rapidly gone from a technology that I heard little about to being in multiple keynotes that I’ve seen at large conferences this year. It almost seems … Continue reading →

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