This blog post was authored by Kareem Choudhry, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Gaming Cloud. Microsoft is built on the belief of empowering people and organizations to achieve more – it is the DNA of our company. Today we are announcing a new initiative, Microsoft Game Stack, in which we commit to bringing together Microsoft tools […]
Archives for 2019
Now available for preview: Workload importance for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Azure SQL Data Warehouse is a fast, flexible and secure analytics platform for enterprises of all sizes. Today we are announcing the preview availability of workload importance on the Gen2 platform to help customers manage resources more efficiently. Workload importance gives data engineers the ability to use importance to classify requests. Requests with higher importance […]
Simplifying your environment setup while meeting compliance needs with built-in Azure Blueprints
I’m excited to announce the release of our first Azure Blueprint built specifically for a compliance standard, the ISO 27001 Shared Services blueprint sample which maps a set of foundational Azure infrastructure, such as virtual networks and policies, to specific ISO controls. Microsoft Azure leads the industry with over 90 compliance offerings. Azure meets a […]
The Effect of The Data Revolution in Enterprise Software Development
Peter Sondergaard, Senior Vice President at Gartner perfectly summed up the currency of the times we live in: “Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine.” The world is data-driven and if a few years ago McKinsey were talking about the way Big Data could sustain the growth of […]
Unbelievable Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Revolutionizing Education
Due to technological progress, artificial intelligence is influencing education. How can it help both teachers and students? Even today, many countries not only educate kids about artificial intelligence (AI), but also apply it to improve the quality of education. Providing data training is becoming more essential. Young people need to be computer literate to develop […]
Big Data and IoT Transform the Next Generation of Gadgets
The implications of the big data revolution are typically associated with fields such as insurance, finance, and security. As essential as they might be for our future, they are not always understood by the average consumer. But you don’t need to look for a loan or an insurance plan to witness the massive impact that […]
Data Storage On The Back Burner As Big Data Takes Over
While big data is not a new concept, it’s really in the last two years that corporate America has taken note and stock of all the information. According to research, companies only analyze around 12% of the data they have, which hardly taps into the full potential of big data at all. In fact, these corporations […]
How to secure IoT devices: 6 factors to consider
While Internet of Things devices can unlock great insights and value from the data collected, cybersecurity must be built in from the start, according to a report from the Indiana IoT Lab. The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to expand: By the end of 2019, more than 14 billion connected devices will be in use, […]
Simplify disaster recovery with Managed Disks for VMware and physical servers
Azure Site Recovery (ASR) now supports disaster recovery of VMware virtual machines and physical servers by directly replicating to Managed Disks. Beginning in March 2019 and moving forward, all new protections have this capability available on the Azure portal. In order to enable replication for a machine, you no longer need to create storage accounts. […]
Monitoring on Azure HDInsight Part 1: An Overview
Azure HDInsight offers several ways to monitor your Hadoop, Spark, or Kafka clusters. Monitoring on HDInsight can be broken down into three main categories: Cluster health and availability Resource utilization and performance Job status and logs Two main monitoring tools are offered on Azure HDInsight, Apache Ambari, which is included with all HDInsight clusters, and […]