Azure Cert: AI – 102

Just sharing a quick note, I passed the exam ai-102 on June 10th, 2021. The exam doesn’t cover predictive analytics in SQL like I had hoped, but this exam covers a ton of Cognitive Service scenarios and materials. Primarily on Computer Vision, Conversational AI (translator/speech) and Cognitive Search. It covers the whole gamut of the…

Giving 💰💰💰 3 Sessions in 1 Day

SQL Saturday 864 - South Florida, United States is less than 2 weeks away. June 8, 2019 @NSUFlorida. This is a whole day, free event open to the public. You can register here. I am giving 3 sessions that day and may be raffling 2x $50 gift cards per session. You should come to my session(s)…

Video: It’s a’Bot Time

This is candid recording of the live presentation I gave at Nova University on the afternoon of March 2nd, 2019 with South Florida Code Camp 2019. You can see the event info in my previous post. I am made this recording for the attendees that were interested to play it back at their own pace.…

My Schedule @ PASS Summit 2018

This was my 2nd time attending the annual conference and I barely got a chance to plan my schedule ahead of time. I pretty much selected the pre-con(s) the same day they were announced months prior, but not the general conference sessions until 2 days before my flight to Seattle, WA. I compiled this list…

VIDEO: 5 Questions from CIOs to SQL DBAs and Developers

TRANSCRIPT Hi, I’m Hiram and I’m a Database Administrator and Developer. I am recording this video to answer 5 questions I got recently from CIOs. 1. What have you done regarding DB high availability to assist with the implementation of Active/Active solutions? <See video: Answer 1 goes here> 2. Can you deconstruct how you solved…

I’ll be presenting tomorrow at Nova Southeastern University – 9:50am Room 2081 (Carl DeSantis Building)

Hi, I just received the news that I got selected to speak at Nova Southeastern University tomorrow, 2/10/18 at 9:50am in Room 2081 (Carl DeSantis Building). Here’s the event info: http://fladotnet.com/codecamp/Home.aspx Register here (FREE): https://eventbrite.com/e/south-florida-code-camp-2018-tickets-38099337143 Pls fwd this invite to your friends and colleagues if you think they’ll be interested in attending. There will be…

PASS Summit 2017

Today was another good day at work. Since returning from summit, I spent a rigorous amount of time developing slides & demos to share what I learned, attempting to deliver on my pact with my CIO and Director. Well, that came true today in full-circle & the feedback was amazing! Recording: Slides: This is a…