The Application Platform @ Rohan Thomas' Blog https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rohant/feed.xml A blog about Business, Marketing and around the Application Platform Ecosystem... Tons of success stories of local customers and partners plus loads on SQL Server, BizTalk Server and the .NET Platform! Wed, 17 Apr 2019 04:00:51 GMT en-US hourly 1 Igniting SQL Server Community SPAN in Malaysia https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rohant/igniting-sql-server-community-span-in-malaysia Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:35:24 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rohant/2010/06/17/igniting-sql-server-community-span-in-malaysia/ On 15th of June 2010, we did an event with SPAN around the local SQL Community in Malaysia

We had a strong attendance and I want to personally thank everyone who came to this event to make it a success, especially the speakers and the organizers

Attached are some photos for your viewing pleasure – Enjoy!

-Rohan

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]]> A.C. Milan WINS more games with Microsoft https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rohant/a-c-milan-wins-more-games-with-microsoft Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:03:53 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rohant/2010/06/17/a-c-milan-wins-more-games-with-microsoft/ Who would have thought you’d measure your player’s muscles….

Check out this AWESOME video:

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Enjoy!

-Rohan

]]> World Cup 2010 and Business Intelligence powered by Microsoft https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rohant/world-cup-2010-and-business-intelligence-powered-by-microsoft Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:58:09 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rohant/2010/06/17/world-cup-2010-and-business-intelligence-powered-by-microsoft/ Love the world cup? Love Analytics?

Wanna analyze the World Cup?

Check out some great videos on analytics of World Cup here - http://www.microsoft.com/bi/biresources/default.aspx?vidID=23 

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Also check out Microsoft's value across the desktop, web and the phone through our partner's Silverlight BI solution on the web here and the phone here).

WEB:

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PHONE, iPAD, iPHONE:
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Watch out this space for more info!

Enjoy!

-Rohan

]]> TCO and ROI Calculator https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rohant/tco-and-roi-calculator Fri, 14 May 2010 01:51:36 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rohant/2010/05/14/tco-and-roi-calculator/

On cloud number 9? Do your ROI and TCO calculations on the TCO and ROI Calculator here!

This is a quick calculation I did for a fictitious small Web Company – impressive…

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Rohan

]]> SQL Server 2008 Benchmarks https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rohant/sql-server-2008-benchmarks Thu, 13 May 2010 03:28:27 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rohant/2010/05/13/sql-server-2008-benchmarks/

Found a great resource for SQL Server 2008 benchmarks – check it out here!

Enjoy!

Rohan

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]]> The Total Economic Impact™ Of Implementing Microsoft’s Productivity Platform https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rohant/the-total-economic-impact-of-implementing-microsofts-productivity-platform Wed, 12 May 2010 23:12:51 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rohant/2010/05/12/the-total-economic-impact-of-implementing-microsofts-productivity-platform/

Awesome paper by Forrester for your reading pleasure:

· TEI of Implementing Microsoft’s Productivity Platform

Enjoy,

Rohan Thomas

]]> Data, Data everywhere https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rohant/data-data-everywhere Sun, 09 May 2010 01:24:21 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rohant/2010/05/09/data-data-everywhere/

Great article around BI and how companies should evaluate a strategy to store and manage data.

Information has gone from scarce to superabundant. That brings huge new benefits, says Kenneth Cukier (interviewed here)—but also big headaches

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-Rohan

]]> Microsoft BI Wins Raves From Giant Shipping Company https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rohant/microsoft-bi-wins-raves-from-giant-shipping-company Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:50:09 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rohant/2010/04/22/microsoft-bi-wins-raves-from-giant-shipping-company/

Saw this great article in Information  Week – Thanks to Alex for pointing it out to me.

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With the new Microsoft PowerPivot for Excel 2010 tools plus PowerPivot for SharePoint, the reports can be done in close to real time, Catassi said, and the functional but archaic process of burning CD's became little more than a company legend.

"That absolutely opened the floodgates, and now our executives and decision-makers want to use PowerPivot and SharePoint for everything," he said. "It's a real game-changer."

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"But now, we can just do it directly: we use the Excel Files and PowerPivot, and mix and match the data from external sources with our internal data. It's very easy," Catassi said. "In fact, I would say that the only reason that another CTO or CIO would not be excited about these new tools is that they must not have seen them yet."

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You can read more here

Enjoy!

-Rohan

]]> Total Cost of Administration (TCA) comparative study of Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle Database https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rohant/total-cost-of-administration-tca-comparative-study-of-microsoft-sql-server-and-oracle-database Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:53:50 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rohant/2010/04/22/total-cost-of-administration-tca-comparative-study-of-microsoft-sql-server-and-oracle-database/

Alinean published this detailed study which you guys can read up on and download it here

This study talks about:

  1. TCA per year for Oracle is 460% higher than SQL Server
  2. Deployment tasks for Oracle takes longer than SQL Server
  3. Oracle DBA spent more time than SQL Server DBA on administration tasks

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-Rohan

]]> The Democratization of BI for Malaysia with SQL Server 2008 R2 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rohant/the-democratization-of-bi-for-malaysia-with-sql-server-2008-r2 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:43:57 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rohant/2010/04/21/the-democratization-of-bi-for-malaysia-with-sql-server-2008-r2/

<excerpt from Information Week’s Global CIO>

For CIOs, the problem has been the complexity of many BI tools: aimed at sophisticated experts, many of today's products just won't scale to the levels needed if the democratization effort is to be more than a slogan. And that's precisely where Microsoft comes in.

-Bob Evans

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Finally! This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for – SQL Server 2008 R2 RTMs!

Wanna check it out?

Test Drive it today and download the SQL Server 2008 R2 Guide!

Also check out the awesome SQL Server 2008 R2 Digital Tour here!

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Enjoy!

-Rohan

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