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Jody Roberts

Jody Roberts

CTO, Northern Data, Data Platform MVP

Cape Town, South Africa

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Jody Roberts is a technology entrepreneur who is passionate about solving social problems with the help of technology. He has over 20 years experience in the IT industry with deep specialization in data management across various platforms. He has received the Microsoft MVP award for data platforms for the last decade and continues to play a critical role in the building of technology communities across Africa and mentoring young professionals.

When he is not solving real world problems, he spends his free time doing CrossFit or mountain biking.

Area of Expertise

  • Information & Communications Technology
  • Business & Management
  • Consumer Goods & Services
  • Finance & Banking
  • Government, Social Sector & Education
  • Health & Medical
  • Manufacturing & Industrial Materials
  • Humanities & Social Sciences
  • Law & Regulation
  • Media & Information
  • Physical & Life Sciences
  • Real Estate & Architecture
  • Transports & Logistics
  • Travel & Tourism

Topics

  • Data Analytics
  • Data Platform
  • Data Engineering
  • Data Management
  • Azure SQL Database
  • Azure Data & AI
  • Azure Data
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Enterprise Data Management
  • Data Warehousing
  • Analytics and Big Data
  • Azure Data Platform
  • Databases
  • Big Data
  • Azure Data Factory
  • Data Visualization
  • Azure Data Lake
  • Microsoft Data Platform
  • All things data
  • Azure SQL Server
  • Cloud Computing on the Azure Platform
  • Azure Data Engineering
  • migration to cloud
  • Cloud Migration
  • Azure Data Share
  • Data Governance
  • Office 365 Governance
  • Azure Governance
  • Information Security Governance and Risk
  • cloud governance
  • Cloud Architecture
  • Enterprise Architecture
  • Architecture
  • Power BI Governance
  • Data Architecture
  • Azure Arc
  • AWS Architect
  • Azure Arc Data Services
  • Azure Automation

Securing Azure SQL Server

In this session we will look at how to leverage Microsoft Azure's built-in components
to secure your SQL server. We will look at the following:

Transparent database encryption
Always encrypted with enclaves
Classifying sensitive data

How to detect:
Potential SQL injection attacks including vulnerabilities.
Anomalous database access and query patterns including a brute force attacks
Suspicious database activity

Migrating SQL 2008/R2 to Azure SQL Managed Instance Made easy

In this session we will walk through and demo the easiest ways to migrate your on-prem SQL 2008/R2 servers to Azure SQL managed instance while consolidating and saving you money at the same time.

A First look at SQL MAnaged Instance

In this session we will look at migrating from on-Prem SQL Server to SQL Server Managed instance

Data Saturday Johannesburg 2023 Sessionize Event

August 2023 Johannesburg, South Africa

Azure Bootcamp South Africa 2022 - Cape Town Sessionize Event

November 2022 Cape Town, South Africa

Global Azure Bootcamp 2022 - Douala edition, May 6th Sessionize Event

May 2022 Douala, Cameroon

Global Azure 2022 Sessionize Event

May 2022

aMS Douala - 2021-10-26 Sessionize Event

October 2021 Douala, Cameroon

Jody Roberts

CTO, Northern Data, Data Platform MVP

Cape Town, South Africa

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