This blog post was co-authored by Daniel Savage, Principal Program Manager, Azure Stack and Tiberiu Radu, Senior Program Manager, Azure Stack. Azure Stack at its core is an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform When we discuss Azure Stack with our customers, they see the value in Azure Stack providing cloud-native capabilities to their datacenters. They see the […]
Archives for 2019
Azure IoT Edge runtime available for Ubuntu virtual machines
Azure IoT Edge is a fully managed service that allows you to deploy Azure and third-party services—edge modules—to run directly on IoT devices, whether they are cloud-connected or offline. These edge modules are container-based and offer functionality ranging from connectivity to analytics to storage—allowing you to deploy modules entirely from the Azure portal without writing […]
Controlling costs in Azure Data Explorer using down-sampling and aggregation
Azure Data Explorer (ADX) is an outstanding service for continuous ingestion and storage of high velocity telemetry data from cloud services and IoT devices. Leveraging its first-rate performance for querying billions of records, the telemetry data can be further analyzed for various insights such as monitoring service health, production processes, and usage trends. Depending on […]
Actuating mobility in the enterprise with new Azure Maps services and SDKs
The mobility space is at the forefront of the most complex challenges faced by cities and urban areas today. The movement of people and things is as much a driver of opportunity as it is an agent of chaos, aggravating existing challenges of traffic, pollution, and unbalanced livelihoods. Today, Azure Maps is continuing to expand […]
Azure IoT Hub Java SDK officially supports Android Things platform
Connectivity is often the first challenge in the Internet of Things (IoT) world, that’s why more than three years ago we released Azure IoT SDKs. Azure IoT SDKs enable developers to build IoT applications that interact with IoT Hub and the IoT Hub Device Provisioning Service. The SDKs cover most popular languages in IoT development, […]
Azure.Source – Volume 69
Now in preview Account failover now in public preview for Azure Storage If you want to control storage account failover so that you can determine when storage account write access is required and the secondary replication state is understood, account failover for geo-redundant storage (GRS) enabled storage accounts is now available in preview. If the […]
Get started quickly using templates in Azure Data Factory
Cloud data integration helps organizations integrate data of various forms and unify complex processes in a hybrid data environment. A number of times different organizations have similar data integration needs and require repeat business processes. Data Engineers or data developers in these organizations want to quickly get started with building data integration solutions and avoid […]
Pizza Delivery Businesses Turn to Big Data Analytics for Record Growth
The pizza delivery business is one of the last industries that you would expect to be touched by big data. However, new research shows that pizza delivery companies are actually benefiting considerably from big data. Big Data is Having a Massive Impact on the Pizza Delivery Business With the growth of online pizza delivery industry, […]
Is Facebook Preparing Its Shopping List to Fuel Its Blockchain Dreams?
While it is in a well aware fact now that Facebook is building its war chest for blockchain, from open hiring to acquiring top talent from the street. But last week news of acquisition blockchain start-up Chainspace took a lot of people by surprise as the Social Media Giant was moving much faster than expected […]
Ripple Seeks Regulatory Clarity, Calls European Parliament Member To Speak
In a recently published blog on Ripple official website, Eva Kaili, Member of the European Parliament talks about the Blockchain, Crypto Adoption, and Regulations around. Enthusiastically, she sees Blockchain is a technology with good potential. Removing Barriers From Adoption Ripple seeks the mechanism of the European Union towards regulation on blockchain and digital assets by […]