Database Research and Data's Journey

The first TechNet UK blog post was entitled Management of Database Systems Research and was a précis of the database research I am undertaking. A comic strip was included telling the story of Data and the path that lead to starting the database research.  

My research journey has progressed and my new blog post crosses the boundary between academia and the industrial world of database systems. Data reprises his role taking the reader through the research journey and methods used.

SQL Bits XV for the Data Platform

SQL Bits is a conference about all data.

Microsoft  Tech Net  UK Blog  shares its thoughts about the upcoming SQL Bits conference
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/uktechnet/2016/03/03/sql-bits-xv-not-just-about-sql/

Microsoft SQL Server Developer Edition is now free

SQL Server 2014 Developer Edition is now a free download for Visual Studio Dev Essentials members

SQL Server Developer Edition is for development and testing only, and not for production environments or for use with production data.