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    Azure

    Excel is for M3-driving marketing analysts. Multiplan is for real men. ...or perhaps I'm showing my age :igmc:
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    Azure

    Yep, data governance is a hot topic and rightly so. We tend to use open data for POCs. how the other half live!
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    Azure

    Agreed, it varies. From experience, for purely a technical feasibility piece: Azure cost: £37 for a two week period Cost to replicate performance with on site hardware (as none was immediately available): £100k+?
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    Azure

    For me the benefits of the Azure platform is cost, speed and scale. I can develop a technical POC, test it, change it, delete it all cheaper and quicker than attempting to commission something on site. hell, I could probably do all that in less time than it would take to just get access to an...
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    Ski Resort Reccomendations

    not bad for grindelwald as the resort is stupidly low, 900m? like Chamonix.
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    Ski Resort Reccomendations

    Last time I was there all the hotels were run by the mafia, which was nice.
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    Ski Resort Reccomendations

    This was my introduction to "alpine" skiing. Never. Again.
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    Ski Resort Reccomendations

    nope. Polyester triggers my tourettes.
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    Ski Resort Reccomendations

    Actually Austria the least. France, Italy, Germany and Swizzerland I think we are pretty well covered for. any experience with Asia?
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    Ski Resort Reccomendations

    not in the white weeks or school holidays.. must have good access to back country / freeride areas
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    Ski Resort Reccomendations

    2 Late 20's 25+ years experience take après either way most of the big European resorts, Colorado, Vail, Aspen, Mammoth zzzz none of Canada or Asia as yet.
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    Ski Resort Reccomendations

    any suggestions? those featuring a proliferation of ghastly Chanel Moncler skiwear clientele need not be suggested.
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    The Counting Thread

    28872
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    Cater Allen introducers

    SJD did mine for free back along. FWIW, get a free account through CaterAllen first, operate for six months or so, then switch to one of the main players. Its much easier to follow this route than trying to open an account at any other high street branch with no existing business account...
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    Can you get a free bit of company plastic on an HSBC business account?

    +1 as vwdan said. I have debit card only, no requirement for cc. Switched from CaterAllen a few years ago as their payment process took days. HSBC payments are almost immediate..
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