05 May 2021
By Bob Pusateri
How I Digitally Capture Videotapes

How I Digitally Capture Videotapes

Video Conversion
For the past few years I have had an ongoing project to preserve all my family's old home movies. This has involved a deep dive into understanding videotapes, VCRs, and video capture technologies that I never thought I would do, but I feel it's necessary to get the highest quality copies of everything I can before these tapes and their contents degrade further. Every once in a while I get asked how I do this and what tools I use, and this time I decided I'm going to blog about it. So thank you, Kendal, for asking! What do you…
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02 Feb 2021
By Bob Pusateri

Video and Questions from my EightKB session!

Speaking
I was extremely fortunate to be able to present about data compression at the EightKB SQL Server internals conference last week. If you missed my talk in person, you can now view it, as well as the entire day, on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5BxRvY8sfQ&list=PLr9ab4Dj3Obtx-6v2Sxb-sExQJoEX1TJ2 I was able to answer many questions during the session, but there were a few still left after time ran out. I wanted to address them all, so here they are! With row compression, is the overhead in terms of latency noticeable? I'd argue it's not noticeable. Back when the feature was new in 2008 it was typically…
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07 Dec 2020
By Bob Pusateri
What Is A SQL Server Big Data Cluster?

What Is A SQL Server Big Data Cluster?

SQL Server
SQL Server Big Data Clusters (BDCs) are a highly anticipated feature of SQL Server 2019, but what are they - and how can their capabilities best be leveraged? Let's dig a little deeper and find out. When SQL Server 2017 added support for Linux, the groundwork was laid for integrating SQL Server with Spark, HDFS, and other big data tools which are typically Linux-based. Big Data Clusters in SQL Server 2019 delivers on these integration possibilities and allows for both relational data and big data to be easily combined and analyzed. Big Data Clusters leverage enhancements to PolyBase in SQL…
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12 Aug 2020
By Bob Pusateri
I’m a Microsoft Certified Trainer!

I’m a Microsoft Certified Trainer!

Microsoft
I'm very proud to announce that I am now a Microsoft Certified Trainer for 2020-2021! I have benefitted greatly from skilled trainers throughout my career, and am really excited to now be an official member of this group! I'm really looking forward to being a part of the MCT community, and have some big plans for the future now that I have earned this qualification. I would also like to thank John Deardurff for helping to guide me through the application process. What is an MCT? Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCTs) are both technical and instructional experts in Microsoft technologies. Requirements…
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30 Apr 2020
By Bob Pusateri

I’m Speaking at Data Community Weekender Europe!

Community, Speaking
I am extremely honored to be speaking at a new online conference - the very first Data Community Weekender Europe! Data Community Weekender Europe was created to address the need for an online data platform conference since so many in-person events around the world have been cancelled as of late. It's taking place on Saturday 2nd May 2020. The organizers have put together an amazing schedule consisting of experts from all over the world, and it's going to be awesome! My Session I'll be presenting a session entitled Dipping Your Toes Into Azure Data Lake: What's a Data Lake? This…
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