A loopback adapter can be very useful for testing networking features on a server that doesn’t have a network adapter already installed, and Microsoft provides this feature in Windows Server 2003. To install the Microsoft Loopback Adapter, follow these steps: Go to Start | Control Panel | Add Hardware. In the introductory dialog box, click […]
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Which one is your BI Architetcure
Got an email with this classic cartoon attached.
Its sooooooo true!
(Makes me wonder when Google and Apple will attempt to provide enterprise BI tools, or then again do they already?)
Top 10 posts by views for 2010
So over the last 12 months the ranking for post views looked like (according to wordpress site stats, rather than google analytics): Post Views Home page 11,532 SAS BI Clients 4.3 and SAS 9.3 673 SAS EG 4.3 is here (but its hiding with Elvis) 533 SAS Articles 508 SAS Portlets for Sale 380 Making […]
Guest 64bit operating system on VM Server 2.x on Dell Optiplex 755
In the BIOS you need to change the following settings Security > Execute Disable (set to On) Performance > Virtualization (set to On) Performance > VT for Direct I/O Access (set to On) Performance > Trusted Execution (set to Off) Save and exit the BIOS, then power the computer down. You must power it down […]
Flashback: My relationship with SAS was inevitable
Some of you folks that work for SAS may find this amusing. I’ve been in my current job since I finished University in 2001. In about 2005 I began using SAS and was well on my way to becoming the SAS fanatic I am today.Rewind to the year 200…
PlatformAdmin.com also available via SAS-X.com
This platformadmin.com blog is now available via the new aggregator
Data Management Maturity Models
I am a great fan of Maturity Models. I find them an excellent way of articulating to a business user where their organisation is at in terms of technology, governance or business processes and what we need to do to improve them. There are a quite a few Maturity Models out there now, from Data […]
SAS BI Clients 4.3 are they still coming?
Well as far as I know the new SAS BI Clients are still due for release this month.
And SAS New Zealand have sent out invites for a seminar to show case then in December.
Has anybody heard anything different?