This past week I had the privilege to peek behind the curtain of a service provider that has become a streaming titan in a relatively short time. We all have been guilty of hanging up our responsibility coat at the door, and binge watch a favorite show on a variety of devices. Netflix, kindly sent a representative at the 2016 SQL Pass conference to skim over some of their technologies and processes. As expected they do a LOT of data processing. How do they do it so efficiently and with excellence? ......
Finally, after 3 years of wanting to make it to Pass Summit, the planets aligned and I was able to go. So far it has been a great experience. However, it once again reiterates the magnitude of the Data World that appears to be forever expanding. If "drinking from a fire hose" depicts an image in your head of someone overwhelmed and water splattering everywhere, it accurately represents how this week has felt. The sessions have been plentiful, and the coffee the main fueling source. The goal was to ......