Frank La Vigne, Author at DataDriven

Trey Johnson on ETL, Data, and Fixing Up Old Cars

By Frank La Vigne | 01/14/2019 |

In this episode of Data Driven, Frank and Andy talk to Trey Johnson about ETL, Data, and fixing up old cars.

DataPoint Andy on Software Development, SSIS Catalog Compare, and Testing

By Frank La Vigne | 01/04/2019

In this DataPoint, Andy reflect on software development, SSIS Catalog Compare, and his philosophies on testing software. Also, if you want to grab a cool SSIS t-shirt, get it from Amazon today for $19 . You get some sweet geeky swag and your purchase helps fund the show.

DataPoint Provision an Azure Data Factory Instance

By Frank La Vigne | 01/03/2019

In this free excerpt from Andy’s Fundamentals of Azure Data Factory course, Andy shows off some of his prowess with ADF with our listeners.

DataPoint The Costco Test, How to Determine the Line Between Data and Big Data

By Frank La Vigne | 01/02/2019

In this Data Point recorded at a Costco during the post-holiday shopping season, Frank explains his algorithm for determining that magical point when a lot of data becomes “Big Data.” Given the constant advances in storage technologies, that borderline is a moving goalpost that’s hard to measure. Or is it?

Waymo Launches Self-Driving Taxi Service

By Frank La Vigne | 12/11/2018

After my experience last week, I am more than ready for a world of self-driving cars. Oddly enough, just last week, Waymo rolled out a driverless taxi service called Waymo One in Arizona. The company has been operating self-driving cars, occasionally without safety drivers behind the wheel, for about a year and half now. Why does this scene…

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