As I described here, Power BI can send SQL queries in parallel in DirectQuery mode and you can see from the Timeline column there is some parallelism happening here – the last two SQL queries ...

We've heard about Data Zoom Web Part from SharePoint Solutions before. Having recently integrated SharePoint with Salesforce, SharePoint Solutions goes one better by tying together the information ...

One of the critical decisions facing companies embarking on big data projects is which database to use, and often that decision swings between SQL and NoSQL. SQL has the impressive track record, the ...

Microsoft's Abdullah Mamun and Kendal Van Dyke break down how SQL's recent updates are giving database pros new ways to take control of their data. For those who are in Microsoft's SQL Server ...

SQL, the Structured Query Language, remains one of the most widely used programming languages, coming in fourth in Stack Overflow’s research for 2023. Just over half (51.52%) of professional ...

SQL databases have constraints on data types and consistency. NoSQL does away with them for the sake of speed, flexibility, and scale. One of the most fundamental choices to make when developing an ...

Microsoft's cloud DBaaS has had a whirlwind month with the introduction of managed instances, database migration tools and more. Here's what each feature does and when to use it. This month, Microsoft ...

Google is promising a single notebook environment for machine learning and data analytics, integrating SQL, Python, and Apache Spark in one place.… Readers might note that other prominent vendors in ...

Research firm GigaOm compared throughput performance between SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines and SQL Server on AWS EC2, finding the former enjoyed a definite speed edge. "Azure emerged as the ...