•Microsoft Changed the Game

Again and Gave New Wings

to an Entire Industry

•Fernando G. Guerrero

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• Global CEO of SolidQ

• Microsoft Regional Director

• Former SQL Server MVP

• Lives in a small town in Spain

• A frequent traveler…

• … first time in Budapest

Fernando G. Guerrero

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Past game changersWang 2200

Past game changersIBM 5100 portable computer

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Past game changersHP-25

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Past game changersMS-DOS and the PC clones market

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Past game changersGUIs for all

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Past game changersVB, event-driven programming & VBX

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Past game changersWindows 95 new PCs and new devices

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New game changersWindows 8: new everything

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New game changersKinect: new interface

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New game changersWest Coast Customs: let s dream

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What is data?

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What is data?

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“millions of blinking VCRs tell

us how little technology-

savvy we still are”

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Is querying for data, the

answer to our needs?

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Integration, collaboration,

freedom of visualization

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Action-driven, time-

aware, self-

aware, information

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Invisible computing

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• Creating new ways to solve business problems

• Creating new business possibilities

• Identifying new business needs

• Collaborating with Universities

SolidQ Research

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Moderating Forums & News

• Moderating twice as many posts under the same

budget

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Clinical-BI

• Helping doctors make better clinical diagnosis

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ERP&CRM

for mere

human

beings

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Data

Quality

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Thank you

• Questions?

• Fguerrero@solidq.com

• Twitter: FernanSQL