{"id":181,"date":"2017-10-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sqlhammer.com\/big-data-round"},"modified":"2026-03-18T21:53:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:53:05","slug":"big-data-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sqlhammer.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/12\/big-data-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Data Round Up &#8211; SQL Hammer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month\u2019s T-SQL Tuesday was all about Big Data. See what the community has to say about Big Data with this collection of articles ranging from deep technical walk-throughs to musings about Big Data\u2019s impact on our industry and the data professional.<\/p>\n<p>> <em>SELECT PostLinkAndCommentary <\/em><br \/>\n><br \/>\n><br \/>\n> <em>FROM <a href=\"https:\/\/sqlhammer.com\/tsql2sday-95-invitation-big-data\/\">#TSQL2SDAY_Invitation<\/a> <\/em><br \/>\n><br \/>\n><br \/>\n> <em>ORDER BY LastName ASC<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rob Farley<\/strong> gives us his view of <a href=\"http:\/\/sqlblog.com\/blogs\/rob_farley\/archive\/2017\/10\/10\/the-bigdata-legacy.aspx\">The BigData Legacy<\/a>. What really matters; velocity, volume, variety? What impact will Big Data have on data long-term?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kevin Feasel<\/strong> shows us how to connect SQL Server to Azure HDInsight using Polybase and answers the question, \u201ccan you take advantage of predicate push down?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/36chambers.wordpress.com\/2017\/10\/10\/t-sql-tuesday-95-polybase-and-hdinsight\/\">Kevin\u2019s T-SQL Tuesday post<\/a> is a continuation of his Polybase series, seen <a href=\"https:\/\/36chambers.wordpress.com\/polybase\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Derik Hammer<\/strong> (me, myself, and I) documented my experiences learning Azure Cosmos DB by creating a project to simulate a fictitious vending machine company, SQL Snacks, Inc. The walk-through includes Azure portal, C#, and Power BI work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nate Johnson<\/strong>, in his <a href=\"https:\/\/natethedba.wordpress.com\/2017\/10\/11\/tsql-tuesday-95-big-data\/\">post<\/a>, looks at Big Data, not related to size, but related to the measure of potential data formats and sources. He also sends out a plea for Big Data experts to help small to medium size companies understand the real world use cases.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sqlhammer.com\/?attachment_id=3884\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sqlhammer.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/a3-lazy-load\/assets\/images\/lazy_placeholder.gif?resize=645%2C467&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sqlhammer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/yoda-hammertime.png?resize=645%2C467&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>As a side note: I loved Nate\u2019s memes, as well.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kennie Nybo Pontoppidan <\/strong>tackled, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pontop.dk\/single-post\/2017\/10\/10\/Big-data-IoT-Business-Intelligence-and-small-data-T-SQL-Tuesday-95\">Big data, IoT, Business Intelligence and small data<\/a>,\u201d in a story about data and Business Intelligence maturity. I was surprised, and pleased, to see predictive analytics come before big data in his path to maturity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Preseau<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.databythebeach.com\/t-sql-tuesday-big-data\/\">explains to us<\/a>, how to overcome the limitations of working at a company with tiny data, as it relates to learning about big data. Robert listed online training and courses, both free and paid, that he recommends for learning about big data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month\u2019s T-SQL Tuesday was all about Big Data. 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