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SQL Server 2016 end of support is here: Plan your next steps
See what changes as SQL Server 2016 reaches end of support.
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Built on a consistent Microsoft SQL foundation from on premises to the cloud, Azure SQL brings AI capabilities directly into your database experience.
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Microsoft on Big Data at Strata Santa Clara 2013
We’re wrapping up last week’s Strata Santa Clara 2013 Conference after a flurry of activity! The week started off with Hortonworks announcing the release of the beta of the Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) for Windows, the industry’s first 100% Open Source Apache Hadoop-based distribution for Windows. -
Microsoft’s Database Research Lab Conceives PolyBase to Easily Join Relational Data With Data From Hadoop
Complementing Microsoft’s overall Big Data strategy, PolyBase is a breakthrough new technology on the data processing engine in SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse Appliance designed as the simplest way to combine non-relational data and traditional relational data in your analysis. -
Spend Spring Break at the PASS Business Analytics Conference 2013: Tweet for a Chance to Win a Ticket!
The world of data is changing at a rapid pace, and you can prepare yourself to tackle the challenges by attending the first annual PASS Business Analytics Conference (PASS BAC), to be held April 10-12, 2013 in Chicago, IL. -
O’Reilly Strata: Busting Big Data Adoption Myths with Halo 4–Part 3
Structured or unstructured – what to store? How about all of it? I spoke at the O’Reilly Strata Conference last year and am back again this year to share thoughts about big data. -
O’Reilly Strata: Busting Big Data Adoption Myths–Part 2
If concerns about having the right skillsets on staff are stopping you from trying big data, Microsoft’s BI tools may hold the key to busting down those barriers. -
O’Reilly Strata: Busting Big Data Adoption Myths–Part 1
Think infrastructure and scalability will impede your path to big data analytics? Windows Azure HDInsight is your big data solution. -
Microsoft Talks Big Data at O’Reilly® Strata
For those of you into big data, O’Reilly’s® Strata Conference in Santa Clara, CA is the place to be. -
Hortonworks and Microsoft Bring the Hortonworks Data Platform to Windows
Today, Hortonworks released the beta for the Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) for Windows, the industry’s first 100% Open Source Apache Hadoop-based distribution for Windows. -
PASS BAC Preview Series: Self-Service BI from Excel 2013
In today’s world of information, the way we experience data can have enormous impact on the meaning of data. -
PASS BAC Preview Series: The Evolving World of Data
In this next post in our PASS Business Analytics Conference preview series, PASS Board Member Thomas LaRock shares his insights on the rapidly changing world of data and his recommendation on how you can keep up with the fast pace of growing technologies in this business area. -
PASS BAC PREVIEW SERIES: SQL Professionals and the World of Self-service BI and Big Data
As the PASS Business Analytics Conference approaches, we are excited to host this new blog series featuring content from some of the amazing speakers that you will experience at PASS BAC, April 10-12 in Chicago. -
What Does Big Data Mean to You?
As a company that for many years has been committed to delivering end-to-end data platform technologies to our customers, we’re excited about all the attention big data is receiving from press, analysts and the industry.
