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RG Hamburg 2024/08: DuckDB: Modern Data Stack with Parquet files and more.
Hi, Data Folks from Hamburg!
Here is the invitation for August 2024. We are planning an exciting evening about one of the building blocks of a Modern Data Stack: Parquet files. Since our beloved SQL Server isn’t able to use them, we will use the promising „new kid“ DuckDB. Spoiler Alert: You can run all examples without any public cloud consumption. 😉
Attention! We gained another great room sponsor a few months ago: Computer Futures/SThree! Don’t worry; you won’t have to figure out a new route for the evening, as the venue is virtually on the opposite street side of Microsoft, in the Axel-Springer Building.
And as usual, cold drinks will be available again.
Thank you, Computer Futures!
- 18:00 Open door and warm up networking round
- 18:15 Intro
- 18:30 DuckDB, just a cool toy? By no means!
- 20:00 Open discussion about Modern Data Stack architectures
- 21:00 The End…
Parquet files have been widely known since Data Bricks (Delta Parquet) and Fabric, but only a few have had direct contact with them.
For a few months, there has been a very interesting open-source project: DuckDB. It’s hard to describe, as it can be both an excellent and smart CLI tool and also a mighty workhorse for a considerable analytical workload with classic SQL.
We will examine the combination of both and ask ourselves what SQL Server workload can be processed much more efficiently with it. 😇 So, we will use some parquet files, hive structures, and also a delta parquet „lake“ to demonstrate the power of DuckDB.
And one more important thing: We would like to ask you to register only if you plan to participate in the event or cancel your registration if something (good weather with sun in Hamburg, a soccer game on TV, etc.) comes up (life can be complex, sure, but the cancel button in the app is big enough). Our room sponsor provides us with drinks and snacks, which are ordered specially for each event. In other words, we plan the demand with the number of registrations.
Please be fair to the other active members of the community and ensure that there are no disappointed faces due to your reliability in communication, aka your RSVP.
See you there!
Conny and Sascha
20355 | Hamburg
Fuhlentwiete 3-5
Onelake with Fabric, The Data Lake-as-a-Service Platform – Erwin de Kreuk
Dear PASS Germany friends,
Summer is almost over, and we are happy to present you both a speaker new to our group as well as new venue!
Thanks to Erwin de Kreuk for making his way from the Netherlands to us to share insights about Onelake, and how it allows enterprises to implement Data Lake strategies, as well as to Margarita Neumüller for hosting us at ALDI Sued International.
We hope you will join us in person, but as always also want to support our attendees that are not able to make it in person. Please use this link to connect via Teams.
Your PASS RG Ruhrgebiet Team.
45481 | Mülheim an der Ruhr
Mintarder Str 36-40
Chapter leaders
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Frank Geisler
Frank Geisler ist geschäftsführender Gesellschafter der GDS Business Intelligence GmbH und beschäftigt sich in seinem Unternehmen mit dem Microsoft BI Stack und SharePoint Lösungen. Dabei legt er als MCSE – Business Intelligence und MCSE – Data Plattform sowohl Wert auf die Administration als auch die Entwicklung von BI Systemen und kennt den SQL-Server seit der Version 6.5 und SharePoint seit dem Projekt „Tahoe“. Frank hält des Öfteren Vorträge auf Konferenzen, an Universitären oder Usergroup-Treffen und schreibt regelmäßig Artikel für verschiedene deutsche Fachzeitschriften. Außerdem hat er schon einige Bücher veröffentlicht, unter anderem hat er ein grundlegendes Buch zum Thema „Datenbanken“ geschrieben und ist Mitautor der „SharePoint für Dummies“-Bücher. Er gehört zu den Gründungsmitgliedern der PASS Deutschland e.V. und ist zusammen mit Klaus Höltgen Chapter Leader der Regionalgruppe Ruhrgebiet. Für seine Community Arbeit ist Frank im Juli 2014 zum MVP SQL Server ernannt worden.