Looking Forward to AFCEA TechNet Augusta 2015

I always look forward to this time of year when the TechNet Augusta conference rolls around on the calendar. Sponsored by AFCEA, the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, I’m always amazed at the top brass the event attracts. It’s a little muggy this time of year in Augusta but the geek in me looks […]

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Fueling a Revolution: R, Rivals and SQL Server 2016

Imagine Romeo Montague calling up toward Juliet Capulet on a balcony, reciting poetry such as “What R through yonder Windows breaks?” or wooing the daughter of that rival family with sweet nothings of statistical data analysis talk of “Big Data, Big Analytics.” Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle Database products vie for market share. Some people consider Microsoft and the Linux community to be rivals. Therefore, when Microsoft joined forces with Google, Oracle and others in June 2015 for a collaborative project under the Linux Foundation, some people expressed confusion. Let’s clear up the realities of this seemingly star-crossed love affair.

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The Business Case for TShaped Leaders Why Your Company Needs Them

In the next six months, you will be provided with the most comprehensive and cutting edge information regarding the hot topic of “T-shaped Leaders” available in the market today: who they are, what they look like, where they come from, why you need them, and how you can grow and develop them internally.

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