Cindy Gross - SQL Server and Big Data Troubleshooting + Tips

Big Data Twitter Demo

Cindy Gross — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:08:00 GMT

Real-time. Social Sentiment Analysis. Twitter. Cloud. Insights. We have your Big Data buzzwords here! Everyone seems to want to incorporate social sentiment into their business analysis. Well we have the demo for you! Use it for a quick demonstration...(read more)

Access Azure Blob Stores from HDInsight

Cindy Gross — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:24:42 GMT

Small Bites of Big Data One of the great enhancements in Microsoft's HDInsight distribution of Hadoop is the ability to store and access Hadoop data on an Azure Blob Store. We do this via the HDFS API extension called Azure Storage Vault (ASV). This allows...(read more)

Self-Service BI Works!

Cindy Gross — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:02:00 GMT

When I talk to people about adding self-service BI to their company's environment I generally get a list of reasons why it won't work. Some things I commonly hear: I can't get anyone in IT or on the business side to even try it. The business...(read more)

HDInsight: Jiving about Hadoop and Hive with CAT

Cindy Gross — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:07:00 GMT

Tomorrow I will be talking about Hive as part of Pragmatic Work's Women in Technology (WIT) month of webcasts. I am proud to be part of this lineup with all these stellar WITs! I encourage my fellow WITs to get more involved in your data community and...(read more)

PASS BAC PREVIEW SERIES: SQL Professionals and the World of Self-service BI and Big Data

Cindy Gross — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:19:31 GMT

Are you excited about the upcoming PASS Business Analytics Conference? You should be! This conference will offer a wide range of sessions about Microsoft's End to End Business Intelligence (including Self-Service BI), Analytics, Big Data, Architecture...(read more)

HDInsight: Hive Internal and External Tables Intro

Cindy Gross — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 07:15:00 GMT

Small Bites of Big Data Cindy Gross, SQLCAT PM HDInsight is Microsoft's distribution, in partnership with Hortonworks , of Hadoop. Hive is the component of the Hadoop ecosystem that imposes structure on Hadoop data in a way that makes it usable...(read more)

Hurricane Sandy Mash-Up: Hive, SQL Server, PowerPivot & Power View

Cindy Gross — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:50:00 GMT

Small Bites of Big Data Authors : Cindy Gross Microsoft SQLCAT PM, Ed Katibah Microsoft SQLCAT PM Tech Reviewers: Bob Beauchemin Developer Skills Partner at SQLSkills, Jeannine Nelson-Takaki Microsoft Technical Writer, John Sirmon Microsoft SQLCAT...(read more)

Big Data – All Abuzz About Hive at #SQLPASS Summit 2012

Cindy Gross — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:03:00 GMT

Big Data – All Abuzz About Hive Small Bites of Big Data Cindy Gross, SQLCAT PM I hope to see you at the #SQLPASS Summit 2012 this week! There are many reasons people come to the PASS Summit – SQL friends, SQL family , networking...(read more)

Load SQL Server BCP Data to Hive

Cindy Gross — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:03:00 GMT

Load SQL Server BCP Data to Hive Small Bites of Big Data Cindy Gross, SQLCAT PM As you start learning more about Hadoop you may want to take a look at how the same data and queries work for SQL Server and for Hadoop. There are various ways...(read more)

What’s all the Buzz about Hadoop and Hive?

Cindy Gross — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:40:00 GMT

What’s all the Buzz about Hadoop and Hive? Why it Matters for SQL Server Peeps Small Bites of Big Data Cindy Gross, SQLCAT PM On September 20, 2012 we have another 24 Hours of PASS event! This PASS Summit Preview will give you...(read more)