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    PolyBase in APS – Yet another SQL over Hadoop solution?

    This blog post will highlight PolyBase’s truly unique approach focusing on: Query capabilities across various heterogeneous data sources – on-premises and cloud (Microsoft Azure) bringing Microsoft data services together forming one complete data platform solution Total freedom for users with no lockdown, agnostic to the actual Hadoop distribution and/or underlying operating system Faster insights from […]
  • 4 min read

    Virginia Tech Exec Q&A

    Virginia Tech is using the Microsoft Azure Cloud to create cloud-based tools to assist with medical breakthroughs via next-generation sequence (NGS) analysis.
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    Edgenet Exec Q&A

    Edgenet provides optimized product data for suppliers, retailers and search engines.
  • 6 min read

    Architecture of the Microsoft Analytics Platform System

    In today’s world of interconnected devices and broad access to more and more data, the ability to glean ambient insight from the variety of data sources has been made quite hard by the variety and speed with which data is being delivered.
  • 4 min read

    SQL Server 2014 is Customer Tested!

    At Microsoft, we have an important program in place to work closely with our customers to ensure high-quality, real-world testing of Microsoft SQL Server before it hits the market for general availability.
  • 5 min read

    Introducing the AzureCAT PPI Theater at PASS BA

    The AzureCAT (Customer Advisory Team) is returning to the world of PASS and joining all of you Data lovin’ folks at the PASS BA conference this week in sunny San Jose!  For those you that aren’t familiar with AzureCAT, we are a Microsoft organization in the Cloud and Enterprise division that spends 100% of our […]
  • 9 min read

    Azure SQL Database: New Service Tiers Q&A

    Earlier this month, we celebrated the launch of Microsoft SQL Server 2014, announced that the Analytics Platform System is generally available, and shared a preview of the Intelligent Systems Service.
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    Change the Game with APS and PolyBase

    Guest blog post by: James Rowland-Jones (JRJ), SQL Server MVP, PASS Board Director, SQLBits organiser and owner of The Big Bang Data Company (@BigBangDataCo).
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