SQL Saturday #90
We are pleased to announce that that OKC is going to be the host of SQL Saturday #90!
SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. This event will be held Aug 27 2011 at Moore Norman Technology Center (13301 South Pennsylvania Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73170). Admittance to this event is free, we will provide an optional box lunch for $10 (not pizza.) Please register soon as seating is limited, and let friends and colleagues know about the event.
We are, currently, planning for a 3 track, 250-person event. The expected tracks are Database Administration, Developer, and Business Intelligence.
Steve Jones from SQLServerCentral.Com is, currently, scheduled as our keynote speaker.
Website: http://sqlsaturday.com/90/eventhome.aspx
We hope to see you there!
-OKC SQL
April 2011 Meeting
Tim Costello is the speaker. Tim is a business intelligence developer with InterWorks inc. in Dallas, Texas. Tim is passionate about data visualization and helping people realize new insights from their data through data visualization.
The topic is titled Tableau: Self Service BI made easy. and will cover:
Rapid-fire visual analysis. Ad-hoc query capability. Easy interactive dashboard building. No, this isn't going to be a session of buzzword bingo. This time we will actually deliver on the promise of self service BI. Using SQL in conjunction with a visual analysis tool like Tableau, you can help users find the questions they didn't know they wanted to answer. This session will be demo heavy and will highlight best practices in data visualization and dashboard design.
The room is sponsored by GDH and no food will be provided. The meeting will be held Monday, April 11th, 2011 from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the at the OKC COCO Click Here for Directions
March 2011 Meeting
Tim Mitchell is the speaker. Tim is a business intelligence consultant, database developer, speaker, and trainer. He has been working with SQL Server for over 7 years, working primarily in business intelligence, ETL/SSIS, database development, and reporting. He has earned a number of industry certifications and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Texas A&M at Commerce, and is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP.
The topic is titled Dirty Data? Clean It Up! and will cover:
Dirty data is everywhere, and it's headed for a database near you. Extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) can be difficult, but often the most challenging component of that process is the validation and clean up of data. Information must be cleansed in such a way that it retains its original message and business value, while conforming to the expectations of the destination system(s). In this session, we will discuss some of the high-level challenges of dealing with dirty data, along with some infrastructure-agnostic recommended practices for doing so. Further, we will dig in and get our fingernails dirty (pun intended) on some specific ways that SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) can be used to cleanse incoming data.
The room is sponsored by GDH and no food will be provided. The meeting will be held Monday, March 14th from 6:00 p.m. - 7:20 p.m. at the at the OKC COCO Click Here for Directions
November 2010 Meeting
Patrick Kurz is the speaker. Patrick is currently the Manager of Technology for Megasys Hospitality Systems and the leader of the TulsaSQL group. He has been developing applications involving MS SQL Server for over 10 years.
The topic is titled Overview of new features in SQL Server 2008 R2 and will cover:
Overview of the new features contained within R2. Learn about the upgrade options so you can make an informed decision around migration. We'll cover Report Builder 3.0, the new Datacenter and Parallel Data Warehouse editions, StreamInsight, Master Data Services, PowerPivot for Sharepoint, Data-Tier Application (DAC), MultiServer Dashboards and more
The room is sponsored by GDH and no food will be provided. The meeting will be held Monday, November 8th from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the at the OKC COCO Click Here for Directions
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