Michael Lisin

The increasing prevalence of AI tools in the workplace, coupled with vague privacy policies from AI vendors, exposes businesses to significant risks. To mitigate these risks, companies should establish clear AI use guidelines, train employees on secure AI practices, anonymize data, and closely monitor LLM interactions. By taking these proactive steps, businesses can safeguard their confidential information and minimize the potential for data breaches.

A migration from a legacy database to a modern cloud-based solution highlighted the importance of thorough planning, simplification, and a willingness to fail fast. A well-structured plan, even if subject to changes, provides a roadmap for successful execution. Simplifying the new solution by focusing on current data usage and replicating familiar behaviors ensures a smooth transition for users. Finally, embracing a 'fail fast' approach allows for early identification and mitigation of… Show more

A migration from a legacy database to a modern cloud-based solution highlighted the importance of thorough planning, simplification, and a willingness to fail fast. A well-structured plan, even if subject to changes, provides a roadmap for successful execution. Simplifying the new solution by focusing on current data usage and replicating familiar behaviors ensures a smooth transition for users. Finally, embracing a 'fail fast' approach allows for early identification and mitigation of potential issues, ultimately leading to a more efficient and successful project. Show less

Data mining helps to establish new hypotheses. The goal of data mining is to extract knowledge from large quantities of data and to expose previously unknown interesting patterns such as groups of data records, anomalies and dependencies.

The authoritative, example-rich guide to Microsoft’s powerful reporting platform.

With Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services you can quickly deliver relevant business intelligence data wherever it’s needed–across the entire enterprise, and through the entire reporting lifecycle. SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed gives you all the authoritative information you’ll need to make the most of Microsoft’s most powerful reporting platform as a database professional, manager, or… Show more

The authoritative, example-rich guide to Microsoft’s powerful reporting platform.

With Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services you can quickly deliver relevant business intelligence data wherever it’s needed–across the entire enterprise, and through the entire reporting lifecycle. SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed gives you all the authoritative information you’ll need to make the most of Microsoft’s most powerful reporting platform as a database professional, manager, or user. In-depth coverage makes this book an ideal reference, and its extensive set of practical examples help you address virtually any challenge in deployment, configuration, administration, or report building.
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Book: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed

SQL Server Reporting enables the creation, management, and delivery of both traditional, paper-oriented reports and interactive, Web-based reports. An integrated part of the Microsoft business intelligence framework, Reporting Services combines the data management capabilities of SQL Server and Microsoft Windows Server with familiar and powerful Microsoft Office System applications to deliver real-time information to support daily operations and drive decisions. Microsoft SQL Server 2005… Show more

SQL Server Reporting enables the creation, management, and delivery of both traditional, paper-oriented reports and interactive, Web-based reports. An integrated part of the Microsoft business intelligence framework, Reporting Services combines the data management capabilities of SQL Server and Microsoft Windows Server with familiar and powerful Microsoft Office System applications to deliver real-time information to support daily operations and drive decisions. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services will help you understand Reporting Services from various perspectives:

How it fits business scenarios
How to install and configure Reporting Services
Reporting Services components
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Secure sign-in, a new feature in version 2.0 of the .NET Passport single sign-in and profile service, is a functionality that will be especially useful for sites containing confidential information or anywhere security is a primary concern. Such sites include banks, medical sites, and so on. Secure sign-in is as safe as any SSL-based Web site login used today and provides a way to virtually eliminate vulnerability to replay and dictionary attacks.

This article explains secure sign-in and… Show more

Secure sign-in, a new feature in version 2.0 of the .NET Passport single sign-in and profile service, is a functionality that will be especially useful for sites containing confidential information or anywhere security is a primary concern. Such sites include banks, medical sites, and so on. Secure sign-in is as safe as any SSL-based Web site login used today and provides a way to virtually eliminate vulnerability to replay and dictionary attacks.

This article explains secure sign-in and demonstrates how you can implement this feature with very little effort in either ASP using the Passport.Manager COM object or in ASP.NET using the .NET class PassportIdentity. Show less