Jun 5, 2021 | Cloud Technology, COVID-19, Data Security
By: Phillip Sharpless Securing Data in On-Prem to Cloud Migrations When an organization decides to take the plunge and migrate from on-premise to a cloud-based architecture, there can be a certain apprehension when it comes to security. Nobody doubts...
Jun 26, 2020 | Apache Spark, Azure, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Cloud Technology, Microsoft Power BI
By: Phillip Sharpless Introduction to Azure Databricks Finding the right tools to manage your big data ecosystem can be a daunting task, as there seem to be a myriad of options, all advertising impressive-sounding features. One analytics platform that is...
Jun 23, 2020 | Cloud Technology, Microsoft Power BI
By: Mason Prewett Introduction My team and I here at Key2 Consulting are currently working with a client that is implementing a full Power BI service offering. For the project, we are handling both a cloud and an on-premise implementation of Power BI, as the...
Apr 29, 2020 | Business Intelligence, Cloud Technology, Snowflake
Snowflake, the cloud-based data warehousing company, has gained a ton of traction over the last several years. The firm recently announced its goal of an eventual IPO, and has raised a tremendous amount of funding up to this point. Snowflake is currently valued at...
Apr 1, 2020 | Cloud Technology, PowerShell, Technical Information
By: Phil Woubshet In part 1 of this series, we implemented a solution within the Azure Portal to copy multiple tables from an on-premise SQL Server database to Azure Synapse Analytics (formerly Azure SQL Data Warehouse). Today’s exercise will be to...
Aug 9, 2017 | .NET, Application Development, Cloud Technology
By: Phillip Sharpless .NET & Business Intelligence Consultant @ Key2 Consulting As an application developer, it’s been interesting to reflect on how development methodologies have adapted as technology rapidly evolves. The central focus of the app dev world...
