Azure Data Factory (ADF) is the fully-managed data integration service for analytics workloads in Azure. Using ADF, users can load the lake from 80 plus data sources on-premises and in the cloud, use a rich set of transform activities to prep, cleanse, and process the data using Azure analytics engines, while also landing the curated […]
Archives for March 2019
Azure.Source – Volume 75
Preview | Generally available | News & updates | GTC 2019 | Technical content | Azure shows | Events | Customers, partners, and industries Now in preview Windows Virtual Desktop now in public preview on Azure The public preview of the Windows Virtual Desktop service is now available on Azure. Customers can now access the […]
Building serverless microservices in Azure – sample architecture
Distributed applications take full advantage of living in the cloud to run globally, avoid bottlenecks, and always be available for users worldwide. This not only requires the right infrastructure to be deployed in, but also support for the decoupled architecture an application with these characteristics versus the traditional monolithic approach. This is why most cloud […]
Larger, more powerful Managed Disks for Azure Virtual Machines
Today, we are excited to announce the general availability of larger and more powerful Azure Managed Disk sizes of up to 32 TiB on Premium SSD, Standard SSD, and Standard HDD disk offerings. In addition, we support disk sizes up to 64 TiB on Ultra Disks in preview. We are also increasing the performance scale […]
Four Data-Driven Tactics For A Successful eCommerce Website
To start and run an e-commerce business is, by no means, an easy feat. When you start an online store, to ensure it actually succeeds and makes a name for itself is another challenge altogether. In a world as competitive as today, where businesses aren’t just competing at a local level, but at a global […]
Big Data Solves Website Loading Issues For Foreign Traffic
Big data is helping online entrepreneurs address some of the most pressing obstacles that they have faced for years. Marketers have utilized deep learning technology to get a better understanding of their customers, so they can refine their creative and targeting strategies. However, there are less obvious applications of big data that are equally important. […]
China’s Mobile Industry Set to Drive Economic Growth Into the 5G Era
China’s mobile ecosystem added RMB5.2 trillion ($750 billion) in value to the country’s economy last year, equivalent to 5.5 percent of China’s GDP in 20181, according to a new GSMA report. The data features in the first ever China edition of the GSMA’s Mobile Economy report series, which is published today at a special roundtable […]
What you need to know before implementing edge computing
These are the questions your firm should ask before going down the route of edge analytics and processing. This article originally appeared on ZDNet. Increasing numbers of organizations are gathering and analysing data at the edge of their networks in their quest to improve day-to-day operations. Whether it’s for predictive maintenance on lifts and aircraft, […]
Programming Linear Regressions
In this post, we want to provide a brief summary of all the necessary steps to create a Linear Regression using the BigML API. As mentioned in our earlier posts, Linear Regression is a supervised learning method to solve regression problems, i.e., the objective field must be numeric. The API workflow to create a Linear Regression and […]
How Big Data Has Impacted The Real Estate Industry
Big data has made its way into virtually every industry. The real estate profession is no exception. Real estate professionals all over the world are benefiting from big data in a number of ways. CIO has published a very introspective article on eight companies that are using big data to disrupt the real estate industry. […]