March 20, 2019 marked the first anniversary of general availability for our managed Open Source relational database management system (RDBMS) services, including Azure Database for PostgreSQL and Azure Database for MySQL. A great year of learning and improvements lays behind us, and we are looking forward to an exciting future! Thank you to all our […]
6 things keeping IoT pros up at night
Implementation and security are the top concerns among professionals involved in the Internet of Things, according to a survey from the organizers of IoT World 2019. The Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to help many organizations by shrinking operating costs and improving workplace safety. But the technology faces several hurdles as it tries […]
Analysis of network connection data with Azure Monitor for virtual machines
Azure Monitor for virtual machines (VMs) collects network connection data that you can use to analyze the dependencies and network traffic of your VMs. You can analyze the number of live and failed connections, bytes sent and received, and the connection dependencies of your VMs down to the process level. If malicious connections are detected […]
Azure Stack IaaS – part six
Pay for what you use In the virtualization days I used to pad all my requests for virtual machines (VM) to get the largest size possible. Since decisions and requests took time, I would ask for more than I required just so I wouldn’t have delays if I needed more capacity. This resulted in a […]
Hadoop Solutions Make Frugal Living and Extreme Couponing Easier than Ever
Frugal living has become a major fad since the onset of the recession in 2008. In particular, extreme couponing has become a hobby that is practiced by tens of thousands of people all over the United States. Consumers saved $3.1 billion with coupons in 2017. However, in the quest to save money through couponing, […]
Azure Sphere ecosystem accelerates innovation
The Internet of Things (IoT) promises to help businesses cut costs and create new revenue streams, but it also brings an unsettling amount of risk. No one wants a fridge that gets shut down by ransomware, a toy that spies on children, or a production line that’s brought to a halt through an entry point […]
High-Throughput with Azure Blob Storage
I am happy to announce that High-Throughput Block Blob (HTBB) is globally enabled in Azure Blob Storage. HTBB provides significantly improved and instantaneous write throughput when ingesting larger block blobs, up to the storage account limits for a single blob. We have also removed the guesswork in naming your objects, enabling you to focus on […]
What’s new in Azure IoT Central – March 2019
In IoT Central, our aim is to simplify IoT. We want to make sure your IoT data drives meaningful actions and visualizations. In this post, I will share new features now available in Azure IoT Central including embedded Microsoft Flow, updates to the Azure IoT Central connector, Azure Monitor action groups, multiple dashboards, and localization […]
Accelerating innovation: Enabling IIoT at the device edge with Machbase and Arm
Interview with Andrew Kim, CEO, Machbase Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is often referred to as Industry 4.0: a major upgrade of today’s industrial operations. Real-time analytics, data value and operational decisions are key goals for Operations Technology (OT) deployed within the industry. However, for industrial applications to scale, stay connected, be secure and process […]
Big Data is Transforming the Future of WordPress Hosting
Forbes contributor Kalev Leetaru recently wrote a fantastic article about the intersection of big data and website hosting. Leetaru notes that big data and cloud technology have led to the evolution of web hosting services. Cloud technology is changing the logistics of many traditional hosting plans. WordPress hosting is a prime example. How Big Data […]