--- title: The Coeo Blog | Gavin Payne (4) description: As an Architect at Coeo, I specialise in design and implementation of the Microsoft Data Platform. At Coeo, I provide advice, guidance and practical experience to customers with a desire to modernise their data platforms both on-premises and in the Cloud. (4) --- [![](https://www.coeo.com/wp-content/themes/coeo/images/logo.svg)](https://www.coeo.com/) +44 (0)20 3051 3595 | [info@coeo.com](mailto:info@coeo.com) | [Client portal login](https://my.coeo.com) # The Coeo Blog ## Gavin Payne ![](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/GavinCircle.jpg) As an Architect at Coeo, I specialise in design and implementation of the Microsoft Data Platform. At Coeo, I provide advice, guidance and practical experience to customers with a desire to modernise their data platforms both on-premises and in the Cloud. ### Recent Posts ## [How in-memory ColumnStore Indexes change the way you have to size database servers](https://blog.coeo.com/gavinpayne/2014/12/24/how-in-memory-columnstore-indexes-change-the-way-you-have-to-size-database-servers) *In-memory ColumnStore Indexes in SQL Server 2014 can be a performance game changer for workloads involving large datasets.  They can also significantly affect the amount of server resource needed to provide good query performance – but not always in the ways you’d expect.* [![Gavin Payne](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/GavinCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/gavinpayne/2014/12/24/how-in-memory-columnstore-indexes-change-the-way-you-have-to-size-database-servers) [Gavin Payne](https://blog.coeo.com/author/gavin-payne) | December 24 , 2014 ## [Should cloud services just be called...cloud services?](https://blog.coeo.com/gavinpayne/2014/11/25/should-cloud-services-should-just-be-called-cloud-services) Ever since cloud services appeared, we’ve heard about their different types: Platform as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service etc. While those terms help us understand a service’s capabilities – and traditional target audience – I wonder whether those terms have now been overtaken by the pace of.. [![Gavin Payne](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/GavinCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/gavinpayne/2014/11/25/should-cloud-services-should-just-be-called-cloud-services) [Gavin Payne](https://blog.coeo.com/author/gavin-payne) | November 25 , 2014 ## [Guest blog author for Microsoft TechNet](https://blog.coeo.com/gavinpayne/2014/10/17/guest-blog-author-for-microsoft-technet) Over the last few weeks I’ve started writing guest blog articles for the TechNet UK team, around one a month on the theme they’re promoting around that time. [![Gavin Payne](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/GavinCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/gavinpayne/2014/10/17/guest-blog-author-for-microsoft-technet) [Gavin Payne](https://blog.coeo.com/author/gavin-payne) | October 17 , 2014 ## [Managing multi-vendor technology environments](https://blog.coeo.com/gavinpayne/2014/10/17/managing-multi-vendor-technology-environments) At this week’s series of SQL Server community events hosted under the SQLRelay umbrella, I presented a session titled “Managing multi-vendor technology environments”. It sounds like something large organisations have to do, which is true, but it’s now also something individual solution owners have.. [![Gavin Payne](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/GavinCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/gavinpayne/2014/10/17/managing-multi-vendor-technology-environments) [Gavin Payne](https://blog.coeo.com/author/gavin-payne) | October 17 , 2014 ## [Reading analyst reviews](https://blog.coeo.com/gavinpayne/2014/08/04/reading-analyst-reviews) IT vendors increasingly use reviews from analyst firms in their marketing - how should we interpret these? [![Gavin Payne](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/GavinCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/gavinpayne/2014/08/04/reading-analyst-reviews) [Gavin Payne](https://blog.coeo.com/author/gavin-payne) | August 04 , 2014 ## [New online resources for architects from Microsoft](https://blog.coeo.com/gavinpayne/2014/05/17/new-online-resources-for-architects-from-microsoft) [![Gavin Payne](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/GavinCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/gavinpayne/2014/05/17/new-online-resources-for-architects-from-microsoft) [Gavin Payne](https://blog.coeo.com/author/gavin-payne) | May 17 , 2014 ## [How to be a better architect – what should I do? Part 2/2](https://blog.coeo.com/gavinpayne/2014/02/16/how-to-be-a-better-architect-what-should-i-do-part-22) [![Gavin Payne](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/GavinCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/gavinpayne/2014/02/16/how-to-be-a-better-architect-what-should-i-do-part-22) [Gavin Payne](https://blog.coeo.com/author/gavin-payne) | February 16 , 2014 ## [How to be a better architect – what should I do? Part 1 of 2](https://blog.coeo.com/gavinpayne/2014/02/16/how-to-be-a-better-architect-what-should-i-do-part-1-of-2) [![Gavin Payne](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/GavinCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/gavinpayne/2014/02/16/how-to-be-a-better-architect-what-should-i-do-part-1-of-2) [Gavin Payne](https://blog.coeo.com/author/gavin-payne) | February 16 , 2014 ## [Oracle pricing in Azure – who’s the target market?](https://blog.coeo.com/gavinpayne/2014/02/11/oracle-pricing-in-azure-whos-the-target-market) [![Gavin Payne](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/GavinCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/gavinpayne/2014/02/11/oracle-pricing-in-azure-whos-the-target-market) [Gavin Payne](https://blog.coeo.com/author/gavin-payne) | February 11 , 2014 ## [A conversation with a CxO](https://blog.coeo.com/gavinpayne/2013/10/15/a-conversation-with-a-cxo) [![Gavin Payne](https://blog.coeo.com/hubfs/Profile%20photos/GavinCircle.jpg)](https://blog.coeo.com/gavinpayne/2013/10/15/a-conversation-with-a-cxo) [Gavin Payne](https://blog.coeo.com/author/gavin-payne) | October 15 , 2013 [Load more](https://blog.coeo.com/author/gavin-payne/page/5) ### Recent posts ### Categories - [SQL Server (118)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/sql-server) - [Azure (58)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/azure) - [Microsoft (49)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/microsoft) - [Dedicated Support (47)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/dedicated-support) - [Coeo News (43)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/coeo-news) - [Professional Development (34)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/professional-development) - [Industry News (27)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/industry-news) - [cyber security (27)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/cyber-security) - [power bi (25)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/power-bi) - [Opinion (21)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/opinion) - [Cloud (17)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/cloud) - [Business Intelligence (16)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/business-intelligence) - [analytics (15)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/analytics) - [Security (14)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/security) - [career (14)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/career) - [SQL Server updates (13)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/sql-server-updates) - [windows Updates (11)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/windows-updates) - [Azure Databricks (10)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/azure-databricks) - [data platform (10)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/data-platform) - [Clustering (9)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/clustering) - [Finance (9)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/finance-news) - [podcast (9)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/podcast) - [azure sql database (8)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/azure-sql-database) - [data (8)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/data) - [Data Science (7)](https://blog.coeo.com/topic/data-science) ### Popular posts ![](https://www.coeo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/logo-invert.png) +44 (0)20 3051 3595 | info@coeo.com ## Contact Us By clicking submit below, you consent to allow Coeo to store and process the personal information submitted above to provide you the content requested. 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