I’m doing a little series on some of the nice features/capabilities in Snowflake (the cloud data warehouse). In each part, I’ll highlight something that I think it’s interesting enough to share. It might be some SQL function that I’d really like to be in SQL Server, it might be something else. Let’s start with SPLIT. […]
Author: Koen Verbeeck
Koen Verbeeck is a Microsoft Business Intelligence consultant at AE, helping clients to get insight in their data. Koen has a comprehensive knowledge of the SQL Server BI stack, with a particular love for Integration Services. He's also a speaker at various conferences.
Cool Stuff in Snowflake – Part 2: LISTAGG
I’m starting a little series on some of the nice features/capabilities in Snowflake (the cloud data warehouse). In each part, I’ll highlight something that I think it’s interesting enough to share. It might be some SQL function that I’d really like to be in SQL Server, it might be something else. This blog post talks about the […]
Speaking at DataGrillen 2019
I’m delighted to announce I’m selected to speak at the 2019 edition of SQLGrillen DataGrillen. This is a German conference with the catchy tagline “Data, beer und Bratwurst”. I will be talking about the cloud datawarehouse Snowflake (hosted on Azure). The abstract: The era of cloud data warehousing has finally begun. Gone are the days […]
Happy 2019!
As I’m writing this it’s actually still 2018, so this is both my last blog post of the year and the first blog post of the new year 🙂 I’d like to take the opportunity to wish everyone a great start in this new year, and that everything you wish for – professionally and personally […]
Cool Stuff in Snowflake – Part 1: GENERATOR
I’m starting a little series on some of the nice features/capabilities in Snowflake (the cloud data warehouse). In each part, I’ll highlight something that I think it’s interesting enough to share. It might be some SQL function that I’d really like to be in SQL Server, it might be something else. In the first part: […]
Snowflake Database – First Impressions
At my recent project I’ve had the pleasure of working with Snowflake database (no, not the modelling technique) for the first time. Snowflake is a native cloud data warehouse, which means it is built for the cloud from the ground up. It’s not a conversion of an existing database or appliance into a cloud model; […]
SSIS and Pentaho – A Quick Comparison
I’ve been working with SSIS for a decade now (all versions, 2005 right until 2017), but it’s been just until recently that I got my hands on Pentaho Data Integration (PDI). PDI is the ETL tool of the Pentaho suite and is maybe most commonly known as kettle. You’ve got an Enterprise edition (which ain’t […]
Book Review – Learning Pentaho Data Integration 8 CE
Yes, you’re reading that right. A book not about the Microsoft BI stack. At a project, Pentaho Data Integration (PDI) was used as an ETL tool. To get to know this tool a little better, I bought the book Learning Pentaho Data Integration 8 CE (Third Edition) by the author Maria Carina Roldán. For those of […]
Community Engagements Second Half of 2018 – It’s all about Biml
I have a couple of community engagements coming up in the second half of 2018 and I’d like to share an overview with you. Some might remember my Biml meetup session at the start of this year. Basically I turned this session into two talks: an introduction to Biml and a more advanced talk about […]
Book Review – Factfulness by Hans Rosling
I recently bought the book Factfulness – Ten Reasons we’re wrong about the world – And why things are better than you think by Hans Rosland (with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund). The book is a fascinating read and I recommend it to everyone. Not just people working with data. Not just journalists. Not […]