Frank La Vigne, Author at DataDriven

DataPoint PASS 2018 and SQL Managed Instance

By Frank La Vigne | 11/08/2018 |

PASS 2018 is this week in Seattle, Washington. Andy is on site and he even has a booth for Enterprise DNA! Rumor has it that there’s even a Data Driven logo on the booth! We are also excited to have Timothy McAliley as our very first “roving reporter” covering events and happenings all around the conference.…

DataPoint Andy Reflects on Data Collection in the Wake of Hurricane Florence

By Frank La Vigne | 11/02/2018

Hurricane Florence hit the US East Coast nearly seven weeks ago, yet the cleanup is on going and many people’s lives are still not back to normal. In this DataPoint, Andy talks about the importance to remembering that there are people behind the statistics and data we gather. Frank’s Thoughts: What prompted me to think…

Special Frank La Vigne on Reinforcement Learning at Azure Data Fest

By Frank La Vigne | 10/17/2018 |

In his session from Azure Data Fest Reston 2018, Frank explores reinforcement learning. As an added bonus, Andy (who’s holding the camera) chimes in now and then.

Special Lift and Shift SSIS to ADF Azure Data Fest Keynote Part 3

By Frank La Vigne | 10/12/2018

In this keynote session from Azure Data Fest 2018 Reston, Data Driven’s very own Andy Leonard discusses and demonstrates migrating SSIS to Azure Data Factory Integration Runtime.

Special Building Globally Distributed Data Applications with Cosmos DB Azure Data Fest Keynote Part 2

By Frank La Vigne | 10/12/2018

In this keynote from the Azure Data Fest 2018 in Reston, Mark Brown dives deep into Microsoft Azure’s globally distributed database, Cosmos DB. He covers concepts then dive into specific features and capabilities that make this database the key to building global applications and services in the cloud.