Thursday, October 27, 2011

SQL Azure Federations and Enzo Shard Demo

Attached are my powerpoint and C# demo of the Enzo SQL Shard library for the October KY Dot Net user group meeting. This presentation will cover Azure Federation concepts, sharding strategies, and a short demo of the Enzo SQL Shard Library utilizing a SQL Azure database.


Session information:

"Designing enterprise data solutions for today's cloud computing environments can leave the average architect puzzled and confused. Listen in as we discuss how database sharding and the upcoming release of Sql Azure Federations will provide virtually unlimited scalability of data for your enterprise applications. Data federation solutions will be analyzed as we examine some of the current data virtualization vendors and preview some of the new features of Sql Azure Federations. Additionally, a federation-aware codeplex library will be demonstrated which supports fan-out queries and parallel round robin loading. Don't miss!"


Bio: Patrick Riley is a software developer for the Rawlings Group in LaGrange, KY. He has worked on master data management solutions in the .NET framework and SQL Server for several years. He enjoys golf, grilling food on his Webber grill, and watching the technology race to the cloud

Feel free to send any feedback you might have to patrick@patrickmriley.net.

Enjoy!

PPTX:
Sql Azure Data Federations

Sample Enzo Federations Source Code:
EnzoShardCode_v1.0