SS SLUG September 2016 Meetup

SESSION #1: Microsoft Linear Regression Analysis

SPEAKER: NISAL MIHIRANGA, Associate Consultant Specialist at Virtusa Polaris

Data Science and Predictive analytics is one of the most sizzling topics nowadays. Lets talk about Microsoft Linear Regression Analysis which is a variation of Microsoft Decision Tree algorithm and do some predictions with given data sets using analytics tools provided by Microsoft. Moreover we will talk about the real world business scenarios and applications that Linear Regression can be applied to.

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Nisal is an Associate Consultant Specialist in Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence, Microsoft Certified Professional in SQL Server, researcher who has around 5 years' experience in the software development Industry. He has been working on the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack over 4 years with various projects including data integration, data warehouse development and report development with both relational and multi-dimensional databases. Currently he is working at Virtusa|Polaris. He has published his thesis at IEEE which is related to data analytics in 2013.

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SESSION #2: SQL Server Resource Governor - The Thrifty DBA's companion

SPEAKER: Shamil Saleem, Senior DBA/Production DBA at Pearson Education

In the real world of Database Administration, most of us do not have the luxury of ample hardware resources at our disposal. We are forced to live with what we have. It is at this point, a DBA should carefully identify and prioritize the database requests, identify which requests are resource and business critical, and minimize the use of resources for less critical database requests. The SQL Server Resource Governor is the ideal tool for a thrifty DBA to perform all of the above. Join us to learn how you could make the most out of the server resources you have using The SQL Server Resource Governor.

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Shamil has over 6 years of industrial experience working in the field of Database Administration using multiple database technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) in SQL Server 2012 and an Oracle Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate (OCA). He is also certified in ITIL® Foundation Level, while holding a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Information Systems from the University College, Dublin

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