The Seferlis Blog

Hybrid Transactional and Analytical Processing, or HTAP, is an advanced database capability that allows for both types of workloads to be performed without one impacting the performance of the other...

Azure Synapse Link allows you to connect to your transactional system directly to run analytical and machine learning workloads while eliminating the need for ETL/ELT, batch processing and reload wait...

In my latest video blog I discuss getting started on the newly Generally Available Spark Pools as a part of Azure Synapse, another great option for Data Engineering/Preparation, Data Exploration, and...

In my latest video blog I discuss and demonstrate some of the ways to connect to external data in Azure Synapse if there isn’t a need to import the data to the database or you want to do some...

In this vLog post I discuss how Azure Synapse, Databricks and Snowflake compare when it comes to common data workloads: Data Science Business Intelligence Ad-Hoc data analysis Data Warehousing and...

In this vLog I give an overview of Azure Data Explorer and the Kusto Query Language (KQL). Born from analyzing logs behind Power BI, ADX is a great way to take large sets of data and quickly analyze...

In this vLog, I cover the reasons why you might consider using Azure Data Factory, a mature cloud service for orchestration and processing of data over the newly GA Azure Synapse Studio. Synapse has...

In this vLog I describe some of the leading Master Data Management (MDM) tools in Azure, a necessary part of any Data Warehouse deployment, but often overlooked...

To be a solution architect, you’ve got to have great written and oral skills to be able to leverage your technical experience in helping to develop a solution with a team. In this video I cover...