1. •Microsoft Changed the Game
Again and Gave New Wings
to an Entire Industry
•Fernando G. Guerrero

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3. Fernando G. Guerrero
• 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
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4. Past game changers
Wang 2200

5. Past game changers
IBM 5100 portable computer
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6. Past game changers
HP-25
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7. Past game changers
MS-DOS and the PC clones market
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8. Past game changers
GUIs for all
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9. Past game changers
VB, event-driven programming & VBX
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10. Past game changers
Windows 95 new PCs and new devices
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11. New game changers
Windows 8: new everything
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12. New game changers
Kinect: new interface
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13. New game changers
West Coast Customs: let s dream
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14. What is data?
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15. What is data?
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16. “millions of blinking VCRs tell
us how little technology-
savvy we still are”
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19. Is querying for data, the
answer to our needs?
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20. Integration, collaboration,
freedom of visualization
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21. Action-driven, time-
aware, self-
aware, information
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22. Invisible computing
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23. SolidQ Research
• Creating new ways to solve business problems
• Creating new business possibilities
• Identifying new business needs
• Collaborating with Universities
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24. Moderating Forums & News
• Moderating twice as many posts under the same
budget
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25. Clinical-BI
• Helping doctors make better clinical diagnosis
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26. ERP&CRM
for mere
human
beings
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27. Data
Quality
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28. Thank you
• Questions?
• Fguerrero@solidq.com
• Twitter: FernanSQL