Columnar Database - New Tech in BI space

I came accross very interesting database design to hold huge amounts of data. It's not a traditional RDBMS system. It's totally different.

A column-oriented DBMS is a database management system (DBMS) which stores its content by column rather than by row. This has advantages for databases such as data warehouses and library catalogues, where aggregates are computed over large numbers of similar data items. This approach is contrasted with row-oriented databases and with correlation databases, which use a value-based storage structure.

Check out the basics of Columnar database
Few points about this database from MVP and SQLServerBible Author, Paul Nielsen

Most Valuable Member of DotNetSpider

One more award in my pocket from DotNetSpider.com

Dotnetspider.com is happy to announce MVM Awards which goes to the following members. This award is valid for the period of one year from 1st April, 2009 to 31st March, 2010.Most of the members have contributed in the area of ASP.NET except Vijaya Kadiyala who has contributed mostly in SQL Server.

Vijaya Krishna Kadiyala is a senior Diamond member who is also an MVP awardee and got the award in the year 2008 (1st October, 2008). Vijaya Krishna has been very actively participating in the forums of DNS and answering the queries of the members in a precise and correct manner. He joined DNS on 21st August, 2004. He got a number of awards from DotNetSpider including Annual Super Gift for the year 2008. He has extensively worked on VB.NET, ASP.NET with SQL Server and he focussed mainly on database with rich experience in .NET technologies and within a short time he became a Lead Database Architect in TCS ( Tata Consultancy Services).

Vijaya Krishna is a very active member in DNS and has given so many suggestions to Tony for improving the content and quality of our website. All of them were implemented ex: Point System, Monthly winners and policy to reduce spam etc. He has referred so many people to DNS from the date of his joining. He has highlighted about DotNetSpider in the recent MVP summit - 2009 and he has shared his experiences at the MVP summit - 2009. He is also a mentor for more than 14 people at DNS. There are so many things to say about him, you can refer his profile page for more details. He also encouraged our members to give proper answers and on asking proper questions. He has suggested us to conduct interviews to the winners and publish them. He also prepared a questionnaire which can be used to conduct interviews with the winners. He has made lot of suggestions to improve our website.

60 Seconds with Tony John

60 seconds with Tony John:
The MVP award made me feel that I am being recognized for what I did for the community.

VJ caught up with Tony John, MVP in Visual Developer - ASP/ASP.NET, to get his view on the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program(MVP).

VJ: Please tell us about yourself
Tony John:I am Tony John, founder of websites including dotnetspider.com, SilverlightClub.com, AspSpider.com, IndiaStudyChannel.com and few others. I have been working as a software engineer for last 12+ years.

I am from Kerala, but live in Houston Texas.

VJ: What motivated you to become an MVP
Tony John: I am a graduate in teaching before I did my Masters in Computers. I used to love teaching others. I started the community activities back in Chennai several years back with the aim of helping poor students and graduates learn programming. When the number of students increased for my free training, I switched to internet based training and that game birth to my first technology website dotnetspider.com

At that time, I wasn’t aware of the MVP recognition. However, after dotnetspider became popular, one of the active members of dotnetspider referred me for this program and I became an MVP.

VJ: Please share with us your journey of becoming an MVP.
Tony John: It was a great experience to be part of the elite group. The MVP award made me feel that I am being recognized for what I did for the community. It gave me good reputation among my colleagues and friends.

The biggest advantage I have as part of the MVP award is, it helps me a lot to promote my websites. As a Microsoft MVP, other webmasters recognize me and responds to my emails. It was easy for me to sign up for various partnership programs since the MVP label adds more trust to my name. I could make several companies sponsor prizes and awards in my websites using my MVP status.

VJ: Tell us about your MVP Summit experience
Tony John:The MVP summit was a great event. It gave me the opportunity to meet lot of people whom I have otherwise only heard about in the past. I could meet several fellow webmasters there. It gave me the opportunity to talk in person with the core people behind many Microsoft products.

VJ: Any message to technologists
Tony John:My advice to the new members is, focus on the work you are doing without worrying about receiving the award. You must demonstrate technical capabilities as well as willingness to help the community members. I am sure the dedicated work will be paid off and the MVP award will come on your way.

One Cube Query Engine

"One Cube" stands for Oracle, SQL Server and Sybase.
"Query Engine" A place to resolve all the issues related to Database.

In this IT world, Database plays major/critical role in any applications. The main purpose of this group is to bring Oracle, SQL Server and Sybase at one place to resolve all the queries or provide extensive information on these.

In addition to this, community also address the queries related to DB2, My SQL and Informix.

You can use this community in following ways:
1) Knowledge sharing
2) Certification Preparation
3) Career Guidance
4) Interview preparation

If you are looking for a strong foundation in the database world or want to clear database certifications then, you are at the right place.

http://www.dotnetspider.com/sites/281/-One-Cube-Query-Engine.aspx