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Jess Panni - Principal I

Jess Panni

Principal I

Jess is unassuming by nature, but get him talking about data and he won't shut up. Whether he's discussing strategy with a CTO, mentoring a junior developer or talking at a conference people always come away energized.

Meet Jess

Jess Panni

Jess has over 25 years' experience helping companies succeed through the smart use of technology. He has spent most of his career working for leading Microsoft partners across the UK and Australia and is now Principal at endjin, working with clients to envision and execute disciplined innovation programmes.

Jess worked at endjin between 2015-2020.

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Jess’ blog

Talking about Azure Synapse on Microsoft Mechanics!

Talking about Azure Synapse on Microsoft Mechanics!

Jess Panni

I was recently invited on to Microsoft Mechanics to talk about the new on-demand SQL Serverless offering within Azure Synapse. If you have been following along with my previous blog posts you will know that we've been hard at work applying Azure Synapse against real customer workloads. In the video I take you through the service by solving a real-world IoT problem for one of our telco customers.
Wardley Maps - Explaining how OceanMind use Microsoft Azure & AI to combat Illegal Fishing

Wardley Maps - Explaining how OceanMind use Microsoft Azure & AI to combat Illegal Fishing

Jess Panni

Wardley Maps are a fantastic tool to help provide situational awareness, in order to help you make better decisions. We use Wardley Maps to help our customers think about the various benefits and trade-offs that can be made when migrating to the Cloud. In this blog post, Jess Panni demonstrates how we used Wardley Maps to plan the migration of OceanMind to Microsoft Azure, and how the maps highlighted where the core value of their platform was, and how PaaS and Serverless services offered the most value for money for the organisation.
Office 365 Wardley Mapping Templates

Office 365 Wardley Mapping Templates

Jess Panni

Utilize our Wardley Mapping Templates for PowerPoint & Visio; and enhance your situational awareness and technical decisions with this technique.
Long Running Functions in Azure Data Factory

Long Running Functions in Azure Data Factory

Jess Panni

Explore Azure Durable Functions as an alternative to long-running operations, overcoming HTTP Triggers' 230s limit in Azure Load Balancer.
Snowflake Connector for Azure Data Factory - Part 2

Snowflake Connector for Azure Data Factory - Part 2

Jess Panni

Integrate Snowflake into your Azure Data Factory pipelines using custom Azure Functions. Learn how to load data and run queries in our detailed step-by-step guide.
Snowflake Connector for Azure Data Factory - Part 1

Snowflake Connector for Azure Data Factory - Part 1

Jess Panni

Explore the lack of a native Azure Data Factory connector for Snowflake and discover alternatives for integration between these popular platforms.
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - Networking

AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - Networking

Jess Panni

Explore AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform's offerings for cloud migration. Understand their services for your specific needs.
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - Mobile Services

AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - Mobile Services

Jess Panni

This post compares mobile services from AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, covering mobile backends, push notifications, analytics, authentication, and device testing capabilities across all three providers.
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - Internet of Things

AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - Internet of Things

Jess Panni

This post compares the Internet of Things capabilities of AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, examining device communication, data ingestion, and real-time analytics features.
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - Analytics & Big Data

AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - Analytics & Big Data

Jess Panni

This post compares analytics and big data services across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, covering data processing, machine learning, streaming analytics, and visualization offerings.
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - Database

AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - Database

Jess Panni

This post compares database services across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, including managed relational databases, NoSQL options, data warehouses, and caching solutions for cloud migrations.
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - Storage & Content Delivery

AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - Storage & Content Delivery

Jess Panni

This post compares storage and content delivery services across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, covering object storage, file shares, hybrid solutions, and CDN offerings.
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - Compute

AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform - Compute

Jess Panni

This post compares compute services across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, covering virtual machines, containers, PaaS offerings, and serverless options for different cloud migration strategies.
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform

AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform

Jess Panni

This post introduces a series comparing AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform services across 10 categories, helping organizations choose the right cloud provider and migration strategy.
Automating R Unit Tests With Azure DevOps

Automating R Unit Tests With Azure DevOps

Jess Panni

Many organisations are starting to adopt the R Programming Language for their data science and financial modelling scenarios. But just because the language is being used for modelling, doesn't mean you should write unit tests that can be exercised as part of your CI/CD pipeline. In this blog post Jess Panni demonstrates how you can run R unit tests inside Azure DevOps.
Automated R Deployments in Azure

Automated R Deployments in Azure

Jess Panni

This post explores how to automate the deployment of R models to Azure Machine Learning using reusable scripts that integrate with Azure DevOps and standard ALM processes.
Developing U-SQL: Local Data Folder

Developing U-SQL: Local Data Folder

Jess Panni

This post explains how to find the local data folder location for running U-SQL scripts locally in Visual Studio, which changed between versions of the Data Lake Tools.
My first month at endjin

My first month at endjin

Jess Panni

Jess Panni reflects on his first month at endjin, sharing insights into the interview process, comprehensive onboarding experience, and company culture focused on transparency and delivering value.

Jess’ Talks

Serverless data prep using SQL on demand and Synapse Pipelines

Serverless data prep using SQL on demand and Synapse Pipelines

Jess Panni
Highlights from Sustainable Finance.LIVE: A Gathering of Real-World Expertise

Highlights from Sustainable Finance.LIVE: A Gathering of Real-World Expertise

Matthew Adams, Jess Panni
Azure Synapse - On-Demand Serverless Compute and Querying

Azure Synapse - On-Demand Serverless Compute and Querying

Jess Panni
A View From: Reporting and Data to Build an ESG Portfolio

A View From: Reporting and Data to Build an ESG Portfolio

Jess Panni
Machine Learning and Azure Against Illegal Fishing

Machine Learning and Azure Against Illegal Fishing

Jess Panni, Carmel Eve
Wardley Maps - Explaining how OceanMind use Microsoft Azure & AI to combat Illegal Fishing

Wardley Maps - Explaining how OceanMind use Microsoft Azure & AI to combat Illegal Fishing

Jess Panni
Real world Data Science in Industry

Real world Data Science in Industry

Jess Panni