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Business Intelligence – FREE Application Platform Workshops in June

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Applications are the bridge between your business processes and the IT department. An Application Platform provides a set of capabilities that help you get better value from your application portfolio. Application Platforms typically comprise three layers:

  • Infrastructure: The Infrastructure layer forms the foundation of an Application Platform. Infrastructure provides core security, virtualisation, identity, access, and networking services.
  • Database: The database layer uses these infrastructure services to store, retrieve, and analyse application data. Databases process application transactions, collect information from multiple systems, and provide tools for reporting and analysis.
  • Middle Tier: The middle tier provides business logic and connects multiple systems and applications with each other.

We are running the following FREE workshops on the database layer with the focus on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 business intelligence and a preview of the forthcoming new version of SQL Server. These workshops are aimed at application developers responsible for application source code development, database developers responsible for database programming, architects, database administrators and service professionals who are familiar with database application development.

Discover SQL Server “Denali” with SQL Server Analysis Services (Days 1-2) – June 27-28 - Reading

Microsoft is preparing for the next major release of SQL Server. By attending an Expedition Denali workshop, you will get two days of intensive training on the latest generation of SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence technologies from top experts. Attending a workshop offers the following benefits:

  • Intermediate technical presentations and demos designed for professional software developers delivered in an interactive, instructor-led format.
  • Learn how to leverage the latest generation of SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence technologies to deliver enterprise-grade BI solutions.
  • Learn what’s coming in the next major release of SQL Server and how to fully exploit it in your own solutions.

There are more details about this two-day workshop and you can register here.

Discover SQL Server “Denali” with SQL Server Analysis Services (Day 3) – June 29,2011 – Reading

Microsoft is providing high level functionality delivered as services for developers. This strategy is called “Platform as a Service”, or PaaS. Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft SQL Azure are a core part of this strategy, and provide a rich set of database services that abstract developers from underlying infrastructure and enable the rapid composition of rich database solutions that span devices, servers and the cloud. During this one-day workshop, attendees will get a high level, developer oriented overview of what’s coming in SQL Server (Code Name “Denali”). Topics to be covered include the following:

  • Introducing SQL Server Code Name “Denali”
  • High Availability and Disaster Recovery with AlwaysOn
  • Database Engine Improvements
  • Data Programmability Improvements
  • Upgrade and Application Compatibility
  • Enterprise Information Management (SQL Server Integration Services, Master Data Services and Data Quality Services)
  • Self-service Reporting and Analytics (BI Semantic Model, Crescent, PowerPivot)
  • Building SaaS solutions with Windows Azure and SQL Azure

There are more details about this one-day workshop and you can register here.

Posted by Ian