During mid April I was approached by Microsoft (UK) and asked if I would do a presentation at the Microsoft “Accelerate Your Insights” one day conference on the 1st of May 2014. Though hesitant and somewhat nervous about the prospect, as I had never spoken in public… I agreed and prepared a presentation.
The presentation was related to the recent Case Study I had the pleasure of being involved in through my employer, Jabil (@JabilCircuitInc). It would focus on how, at Jabil, we have progressed though the various backend SQL Server infrastructures offered by Microsoft over recent years and how we are using new technologies and features to enable BI delivery to our employees via production systems.
As a direct result of the presentation at Microsoft’s UK headquarters (Reading, UK) I was also invited to speak at a SQL Saturday (SQL PASS community event) being held in Edinburgh on 14th June 2014 at Edinburgh University Conference Centre.
Though hitting a bit of a technical snag with my work laptop, with less than 2 minutes to my presentation: –
I quickly switched to my personal Surface Pro, which by pure chance I had decided to grab as I was leaving in the morning… had only took it so I had something light to play with between session. Just as well I did – quick switch, download of presentation from cloud storage and was good to go minus my demos.
Overall was able to buffer out the presentation, taking about several other aspects and areas we are working with SQL 2014 and BI… had several questions so am taking from that that audience engagement was good. Hopefully all that attended my presentation took away something that they did not know or at least found it useful.
Presentation can be downloaded both the SQL Saturday website and from here: –
Thanks to Jen Stirrup (@JenStirrup) for the invitation to speak and arranging the great free training event; hope to be invited back in the future.
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Full case study @ http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=710000004223
Paul Bunting • Software Architect 