Pragmatic Works is considered to be experts in the Microsoft Data Platform, both on-premises and in Azure. That being said, we often get asked many questions like, how can a certain technology benefit my company? One technology we are asked…
TodayI’d like to tell you about some very cool intelligence features withinthe Azure SQL Database. Azure SQL Database technologies deliverintelligent capabilities through a range of built-in machine learningand adaptive technologies that monitor and manage performance andsecurity for you. Using telemetry…
You may have seen my previous Azure Every Day post on Azure Data Box and Azure Data Box Disk.These are a great option for getting smaller workloads, up to 80terabytes of data, quickly up into Azure. Rather than moving it…
Most of us are starting to deploy more and more cloud assets. When you think about how you deploy some assets in Azure, you basically build out a virtual network and you can set that up so it ties in…
Securityis a top priority for every business and we can never have enough ofit, right? But at what point does it become too much to administer andprioritize security threats? I’m excited to tell you about a newlyannounced offering called Azure…
Gaining insights from our data, especially in real-time is an important part of any business. Today I’d like to talk about some new development options for Azure Stream Analytics. If you’re not clear on what Azure Stream Analytics is, it’s…
I’mexcited to announce that Azure Data Factory Data Flow is now in publicpreview and I’ll give you a look at it here. Data Flow is a new featureof Azure Data Factory (ADF) that allows you to develop graphical datatransformation logic…
Ifyou know about or are already using Databricks, I’m excited to tell youabout Databricks Delta. As most of you know, Apache Spark is theunderlining technology for Databricks, so about 75-80% of all the codein Databricks is still Apache Spark. You…
Microsofthas recently announced another Platform as a Service (PaaS) offeringwith the release of MariaDB in Preview in Azure. I’d like to tell youmore about that offering and what are some of its advantages. First, a little history on MariaDB. MariaDB…
Are you looking to gain speed on your Apache Spark jobs? How does 9X performance speed sound? Today I’m excited to tell you about how engineers at Microsoft were able to gain that speed on HDInsight Apache Spark Clusters. If…