Robert Hartskeerl

Getting features delivered fast is a no-brainer in todays cloud, agile and fast paced online world. But delivering features in a SaaS online application is relatively easy compared to database changes. Of course there a tools to assist you but most of then focus on the technical side of things. In this session I will demonstrate the concept of CI/CD in general and specific to databases. The focus will not be on the tools but on the concepts. And why some things will work while other might give you unpredicted results. Thinking about your model, how to apply changes, how to handle datatype changes can help you in a smoother transition when it comes to databases deployments. You will walk away with a lot more conceptual tools and trades to take you database solution into the future.

In this session I will guide you through the concept of clustering, how this is applied in Windows and what actually happens when you create a clustered instance. You will walk away with a bit more knowledge on Failover Clustering and hopefully get inspired about additional options you have.

For almost a decade I have helped enterprises move their data into Azure. Whether it is an Oracle to SQL Migration, a APS lift and shift to Synapse or Redshift to Fabric, I have seen a lot of projects on data migration. And all of them followed the same structure. Everyone starts confident, agile teams are in place, kickoff meetings are planned and there is a firm belief that this migration is going to help the company forward. But suddenly things will change, architects are doubting the build fast/fail fast philosophy, more data must be ingested. And while we are migrating anyway let's add some new functionality as well. But testing is becoming a lot more complicated. Developers are stuck in processes and the business is not seeing any added value soon. And on top of all that things appear to be a lot more expensive. In this session I have accumulated all the good and bad things I have seen in all these years and share them with you. To give you a head start into your future cloud data project. If you don't want to make the same mistake everybody else is making you need to be in this session.