April 2007 - Posts
I have been asked about this question "Is business intelligence same as business continuity?", the answer is no. A brief introduction about Busines Intelligence (BI) by Microsoft is - Integrate, Report and Analyze enterprise wide data. BI highlights and
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The day after Orcas Beta1 appeared for public download reports appeared on the ADO.NET Technology Preview forum that the EDM Wizard (that is, "Add New Item/ADO.NET Entity Data Model) wasn't working. And, sure enough, if you choose "Generate From Database"
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SQLCE 3.5 comes with an ADO.NET data provider that supports entities, by supporting the ADO.NET 3.5 entity data model (EDM). I noticed this in Orcas March CTP with the inclusion of a new DLL, System.Data.SqlCe.Entities. Although the DLL was there, there
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One of the latest developments in the SQLCE space is the beta for ADO.NET Sync Services. Sync Services ships as a standalone download, runnable on Visual Studio 2005 and is also built-in to Visual Studio Orcas. Both versions require a new version of SQLCE,
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So now that I've found SQLCE and know which version I have, what can I do with it besides use the ADO.NET and OLE DB APIs? Well, turns out I need some auxiliary pieces. If you use 3.0, the pieces "come with", but when you upgrade to 3.1, you need to upgrade
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As part of a project, I've had occasion to look at the SQL Server Compact Edition in earnest. Although I've taken a cursory glance before this, its my first attempt to put all the pieces into place. So I thought I'd write it down as I went along. SQL
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WEBCAST: Strategies for Creating Effective eDiscovery Policies Discover the emerging best practices for eDiscovery and learn about integrating business, legal and compliance needs with effective IT and storage strategies. View today PODCAST: 9 Biggest
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Q&A with Bill Peldzus - Devising a Disaster Recovery Plan These days, keeping data safe and available should be a top priority in your organization. The possibility of your data being corrupted or ruined by a catastrophe is a real possibility and
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I always look through the SQL Server 2005 samples with each new incantation, and always seem to find things in there that are new and interesting. In the SP2 version , the samples included a new sample database, "AdventureWorks Light". Also known as AdventureWorksLT.
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The essential components you need to implement a well-rounded vulnerability management strategy. The overall state of security, including recent attack trends and other threats Insights from Alan Paller, Director of Research at the SANS Institute, on
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Most importantly, get expert insight on issues like: Why managing privacy data is so important What makes it so hard Where your single most vulnerable point of risk is - it's not what you think. Take a look at it by downloading the PodCast .
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I just returned from Microsoft Developer and ITPro days in Ghent, Belgium . The hospitality was great, and the event itself drew some big crowds of top notch developers and IT pros. Ghent was an amazing city, with medieval architecture sharing the city
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