http://www.enzeecommunity.com/index.jspa?view=blog Latest Blog Posts in The Netezza Community en Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:59:58 GMT Clearspace 2.5.3 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2010-03-02T16:59:58Z en http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/grill/2010/03/04/manhattan-skylines Marcus Gray watched in consternation as the viral program cranked up. He knew that in moments the band of hackers would once again take over the Manhattan power grid. For now, they were doing it as a prank. But he also realized it could be a test run broadcast intermediate zonemap zone map ctas distribution bi reporting concurrency performance procedure physics stored Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:52:00 GMT david@bhamfam.net http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/grill/2010/03/04/manhattan-skylines 2010-03-04T17:52:00Z 1 week, 2 days ago http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/grill/comment/manhattan-skylines http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/grill/feeds/comments?blogPost=1126 http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/bytes/2010/03/01/half-day-best-practices-session-led-by-david-birmingham---included-with-enzee-universe-registration Enzee Universe 2010 attendees can sign up to participate in a pre-conference Best Practices forum led by David Birmingham - author of the Netezza Underground book and Gather 'round the Grill blog, and Senior Principal Consultant at Brightlight enzee_universe data_models dynamic_alignment snapshot_fact_views how-to mview view aggregations elt recovery data_intake staging schema_switching replica_tables partitioning denormalization david_birmingham best_practices systems_integrator migrating performance hierarchies Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:27:16 GMT brian@enzeecommunity.com http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/bytes/2010/03/01/half-day-best-practices-session-led-by-david-birmingham---included-with-enzee-universe-registration 2010-03-01T17:27:16Z 1 week, 3 days ago http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/bytes/comment/half-day-best-practices-session-led-by-david-birmingham---included-with-enzee-universe-registration http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/bytes/feeds/comments?blogPost=1125 http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/experience/2010/02/19/training-complete Training is now complete. Our tribe is formed and we are ready to perform our mission. Over these first few months of active duty, I have received specialized training on how to perform my specific job, as well as more 'general' training that allows me Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:28:25 GMT Communityadmin@netezza.com http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/experience/2010/02/19/training-complete 2010-02-19T18:28:25Z 2 weeks, 6 days ago http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/experience/comment/training-complete http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/experience/feeds/comments?blogPost=1124 http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/grill/2010/02/19/there-be-dragons---the-sql "You didn't kill it," fumed the customer, "You said you would kill it."   "We've had some, er, labor setbacks," said Bjorn, head of DragonSlayers Inc, a startup boutique firm from several valleys away.   "I don't see an excuse clause in Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:40:41 GMT david@bhamfam.net http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/grill/2010/02/19/there-be-dragons---the-sql 2010-02-19T17:40:41Z 2 weeks, 6 days ago http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/grill/comment/there-be-dragons---the-sql http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/grill/feeds/comments?blogPost=1123 http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/bytes/2010/02/08/post-conference-education---included-with-enzee-universe-registration Netezza users and partners that attend Enzee Universe 2010 have the option to take one of three post-conference training courses, regularly valued at $1950.   Netezza Data Warehouse Appliance Usage – for DBAs, system administrators, application nzu education conference best_practices training enzee_universe Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:04:52 GMT brian@enzeecommunity.com http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/bytes/2010/02/08/post-conference-education---included-with-enzee-universe-registration 2010-02-08T19:04:52Z 1 month, 1 day ago http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/bytes/comment/post-conference-education---included-with-enzee-universe-registration http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/bytes/feeds/comments?blogPost=1122 http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/grill/2010/02/08/multi-pass-sql-and-bi-tool-sql-generation Many of those who integrate the mainstream BI tools into various underpinning data sources find subtle nuances. Not the least of which is how the database will respond to the queries presented. In Netezza data access especially, the power is not found bi multi-pass sql intermediate summary temp Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:19:52 GMT david@bhamfam.net http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/grill/2010/02/08/multi-pass-sql-and-bi-tool-sql-generation 2010-02-08T05:19:52Z 1 month, 1 day ago http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/grill/comment/multi-pass-sql-and-bi-tool-sql-generation http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/grill/feeds/comments?blogPost=1121 http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/experience/2010/01/26/catching-up-and-catching-my-breath Hello everyone, sorry for the huge delay but it couldn't be avoided. I'm at a training site that emulates a base in Afghanistan, and they take the limited bandwidth situation to the extreme. Both in terms of available downtime for me, as well as in Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:06:26 GMT Communityadmin@netezza.com http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/experience/2010/01/26/catching-up-and-catching-my-breath 2010-01-26T15:06:26Z 1 month, 2 weeks ago http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/experience/comment/catching-up-and-catching-my-breath http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/experience/feeds/comments?blogPost=1120 http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/bytes/2010/01/26/enzee-universe-2010---june-21-23-in-boston---mark-your-calendars Enzee Universe 2010 is returning to its roots. This year, Netezza will host a single, multi-day user conference for customers, partners and prospects across the globe to get together in Boston from June 21-23, 2010. Here are some basic details that Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:12:29 GMT brian@enzeecommunity.com http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/bytes/2010/01/26/enzee-universe-2010---june-21-23-in-boston---mark-your-calendars 2010-01-26T05:12:29Z 1 month, 2 weeks ago http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/bytes/comment/enzee-universe-2010---june-21-23-in-boston---mark-your-calendars http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/bytes/feeds/comments?blogPost=1119 http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/grill/2010/01/20/riding-the-waves I've been noticeably quiet over the past weeks as I've switched horses, so to speak, and joined Brightlight Consulting. I had already been following Brightlight for a number of years, encountering their significantly talented people at various Netezza Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:07:39 GMT david@bhamfam.net http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/grill/2010/01/20/riding-the-waves 2010-01-20T18:07:39Z 1 month, 2 weeks ago http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/grill/comment/riding-the-waves http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/grill/feeds/comments?blogPost=1118 http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/experience/2009/11/20/deployment I'll be on an extended leave of absence, as most folks already know. In a unique twist, this Navy Chief will deploy with an Army unit just about 500 miles from the nearest significant body of water. And I'll be working for NATO too! I'll be serving as a Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:17:34 GMT Communityadmin@netezza.com http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/experience/2009/11/20/deployment 2009-11-20T17:17:34Z 3 months, 3 weeks ago 1 http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/experience/comment/deployment http://www.enzeecommunity.com/blogs/experience/feeds/comments?blogPost=1117