Cloud Data Warehousing & Azure for Data Professionals

Our inaugural event!

AGENDA
18.00 - 18:30 Meet & Greet

18:30 - 19:20 The Modern Data Warehouse - Better, Faster, Cheaper (Level 2)

David Rice and Tom Bruce from Snap Analytics (www.snapanalytics.co.uk) share their ideas on the innovations in Data Warehousing, and explain how the old adage "Fast, good or cheap. Pick two" can be broken. They will discuss how Cloud Data Warehousing, Automated Data Pipelines and Agile Modelling are changing the equation.

The talk will include a look at Snowflake Data Warehouse (www.snowflake.com).

David is the founder of Snap Analytics, a business designed to leverage modern data platforms to deliver better business insights, faster. With more than 15 years experience in data analytics - including data warehouse design, ETL (data integration) and delivering self service analytics - he’s worked with clients including ING Bank, Barclays Capital and Jaguar Land Rover. In life and in business David is inspired by his three children and believes we should all be more inquisitive and have more fun."

Tom is the Co-founder and Delivery Lead at Snap Analytics, a business designed to leverage modern data platforms to deliver better business insights, faster. He has extensive experience designing and delivering enterprise data warehouse and analytics solutions, with core functional expertise in Finance and Marketing. His previous clients include Jaguar Land Rover, Deutsche Bank and Carlsberg. A key focus for Tom is ensuring that functions across the business collaborate as a team to help foster innovation.

19.20 - 19:40 Break & Pizza

19:40 - 20:30 An Introduction to Azure for Data Professionals

Getting started with Azure can be a bit of a minefield for people who have only worked with SQL Server on premises. There are a lot of different services available, all with differing prices, and functionality. In this session we take an overview of the services that are of interest to data professionals, looking at the intended uses and comparing to the equivalent on premises technologies. We will understand where improvements have been made possible by the cloud, and look at some of the limitations you could run into.

Niall Langley (www.linkedin.com/in/niall-langley) has been working with SQL Server since 2007, mostly designing and building data warehouses, most recently building modern data warehouse platforms in Azure. Niall blogs occasionally and regularly speaks at user groups and conferences in the UK, including presenting at SQL Bits for the first time in 2019.

EVENT SPONSORS

• University of South Wales www.southwales.ac.uk
• Snap Analytics www.snapanalytics.co.uk

LOCATION
The venue is USW Cardiff, 86-88 Adam St, Cardiff CF24 2FN.

LEVELS
Level 1: Introductory and overview material
Level 2: Intermediate material (background knowledge useful)
Level 3: Advanced (assumes prior subject matter knowledge)
Level 4: Expert (deep level of technical knowledge)

If for any reason, you cannot make it, please un-RSVP in good time.