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On the weekend of Nov 29-30, Windows CY Hackathon took place in Cyprus. The contestants had almost two days to develop a universal application for Windows Store and Windows Phone. They were given an open data API that they had to use. Beyond that, everything was up to their imagination which as their presentations proved, … Read more…
Everything in our world is governed by technology. From large corporations to small stores and simple individuals, everyone uses a computational system for performing the most complex or even the simplest task. Even though the level of technology’s involvement in our lives can be characterized by many as a controversial topic, it is a fact … Read more…
It’s that time of the year again. April 1st, where you just wait to see if you have received the magic email from Microsoft saying that you are awarded as a Most Valuable Professional. During this waiting process you just keep on asking yourself: “Was I active enough and contributed as much as possible to … Read more…
Update: Artemiou Data Tools is now SQLNetHub! A few months ago I started a new project that has to do with software development. The concept behind this project is to develop simple yet useful software tools that have to do with data processing. All my tools will be distributed under the collection name “Artemiou Data … Read more…
Another year has come to an end. Being faithful to the “tradition” of posting the last day of every year my selected tweets for the year that ends, here I am again, posting the “Selected Tweets of Year 2013!”. 2013 was remarkable, especially when it comes to Community. Interacting with you, the SQL Server Community … Read more…
I love technology. I love exploring. I love writing about it and share knowledge. I started working with SQL Server and .NET (C#) more than ten years ago. Since then it has been quite a journey! Each release came – and still comes – with exciting new features enabling us to do more and more! … Read more…
Do you like “walking on clouds”? Heard of Azure but not quite sure what it is and what its capabilities are? Join us at CDNUG on Wednesday May 22 2013 and learn more about Windows Azure and its services offered for the developer! Code on premises, deploy on the cloud and many more are the … Read more…
We live in a Data World. I cannot tell you whether this is a good or a bad thing but I can tell you for sure that this is a fact. Everything works based on data. In the enterprise, this data needs to be stored into powerful, scalable and robust data platforms (Relational Database Management … Read more…
April 1st: Waiting for the magic email. For the email which says that my MVP status is renewed for another year and so the journey continues. A journey into the amazing world of the Microsoft MVP Award Program, connected directly to the source of one of the world’s greatest technologies: SQL Server! In the afternoon … Read more…
Welcome to another screencast of the “SQL Server 2012 Screencast Series“! In this short screencast we talk about code snippets in SQL Server 2012 Management Studio. Code Snippets are being used for many years now by developers in Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) like Microsoft Visual Studio. Their benefits vary. Some of them are: Code Reuse … Read more…
Hello friends, Another year has come to an end and as being faithful to the “tradition” of posting in the last day of every year my selected tweets for the year that ends, here I am, posting the “Selected Tweets of Year 2012!“. It was another great year of interaction with you, the SQL Server Community. … Read more…
– Celebrating 250.000+ Visits! – SQL Server 2012 shipped with a plethora of useful new features. In this webcast we will see the majority of the Database Engine features. To this end, we are going to see enhancements that fall into the following SQL Server areas: High Availability Manageability Enhancements Programmability Performance & Scalability Security … Read more…
– Celebrating 250.000+ Visits! – As promised a few days ago, the celebrations for the 250.000+ visits on my blog continue with the Q&A Session on SQL Server! You can submit your SQL Server-related questions using this form. I will be accepting questions until October 24, 2012. After the submission is over, I will categorize all … Read more…
– Celebrating 250.000+ Visits! – Within the context of celebrating the 250.000+ visits on my blog, on Wednesday, October 17th, 2012, I will make available my brand new webcast on SQL Server 2012 focusing on its Database Engine features. In order to spread the news about the webcast this time I thought of doing something … Read more…
Today, my blog has reached the 250.000 visits. That’s 1/4 of a million! 🙂 I started this blog four years ago with a simple purpose: Share knowledge with the Community. Be a part of the Community. Four years later I must say that I have received more than what I gave. The interaction with you, … Read more…