As SQL Server 2016 approaches end of support in July 2026, a look back at its groundbreaking innovations reveals how it reshaped Microsoft's data platform and why it's time to move forward.

Executive function describes a set of cognitive processes and mental skills that help an individual plan, monitor, and successfully execute their goals. The “executive functions,” as they’re known, ...

OLAP, the abbreviation of Online Analytical Processing, queries and computes data and returns a result in real-time. Its application covers report viewing, data query, multidimensional analysis and ...

Journal Editorial Report: The Fed Chief signals rate cuts are coming. As we saw during the Covid pandemic, lab-created experiments can wreak havoc when they escape their confines. Once released, they ...

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I started using APL for data analysis around 1972. The powerful language, based on a 1962 book by Ken Iverson, A Programming Language, was and is notable for three things: its use of Greek letters and ...

Naresh Miryala is an accomplished engineering leader at Meta with nearly two decades of experience in cloud and data platform engineering. As someone deeply involved in the database space, the rapid ...

As a person with a chronic illness, I'm no stranger to bloodwork. I used to pore over my lab results, googling the various meanings, and trying not to panic when a test fell out of range. Function ...

The popularity of Microsoft Excel has never waned. Today, a whopping 1.1 billion users globally rely on it for multidimensional analysis in areas such as "scenario planning, supply chain optimization, ...