I’m excited to announce I will be delivering a precon 8 Jan 2016 in Alpharetta Georgia for SQL Saturday 477 – Atlanta BI Edition titled SSIS Design Patterns and BIML: A Day of Intelligent Data Integration! This precon is all about DILM (Data integration Lifecycle Management). Abstract: SSIS Design ...

I am honored to participate in the Reston SQL Server 2014 Launch Update event – a half-day event held 16 May 2014 at the Microsoft Reston Office. You can learn more and register here. Art Rask will kick-off the event with an overview of new features of SQL Server 2014, including: Integrated In-memory technology AlwaysOn HA / DR for ...

I am honored to present Using Biml as an SSIS Design Patterns Engine Monday 24 Mar 2014 at the Northern Virginia SQL Server User Group (NoVaSQL)! I hope to see you there. Details… :{>

I am honored to present a day-long preconference before SQL Saturday 255 (Dallas) entitled A Day of SSIS 2012. Please register here. I’m excited to visit the Dallas area! Here’s some information about the precon – I hope to see you there! Training Description A Day of SSIS was developed by Andy Leonard to train technology professionals in the ...

When: October 15, 2013 8:45 am - 4:45 pm Charlotte, NC Where: Wake Forest University Charlotte Center 200 North College Street Charlotte, NC 28202 What: Business Intelligence Markup Language (Biml) automates your BI patterns and eliminates the manual repetition that consumes most of your time. Come see why BI professionals ...

In his article Healthcare's Big Problem With Little Data, author Dan Munro raises salient points about the state of health-related data. Electronic Health Records (EHR) were promoted as the end-all-be-all solution for the industry – a standardization that, I suppose, many thought would organically and naturally occur, stabilize, and be ...

Join SQL Server MVP Tim Mitchell (blog | @Tim_Mitchell) and I as we demonstrate and discuss the many uses of scripting in SQL Server 2012 Integration Services 8 May 2013 at 11:00 AM EDT! In this demo-packed session, two co-authors of the book SSIS Design Patterns share their experience using the Script Task and Script Component to accomplish ...

Kent Bradshaw and I are pleased to announce another free webinar: Medical Data Integration with SSIS 2012, Part 2 - Providers and Drugs. Register today! The recording of the first part of this series is available here.  :{>

I am honored to present Creating a Custom SSIS Task this Saturday – 13 Apr 2013 – at SQL Saturday 189 – Costa Rica! Espero que se unan a mí! :{>

PASS Data Warehouse / Business Intelligence Virtual Chapter Co-ChairWeb: http://bi.sqlpass.org | Email: PASSDWBIVC@sqlpass.org | Twitter: @PASSBIVC  Friday February 22nd 11am EST(US)Hacking the SSIS 2012 CatalogSpeaker: Andy ...