Today I’d like to talk about Internet of Things (IoT) and the Azure IoT Hub. IoT devices are not your typical devices like mobile phones, tablets or laptops. IoT devices are designed to respond to sensor activity that the device…
Analytics is the key to making your data useful and supporting decision making. Today I’m excited to talk about Azure Stream Analytics. Azure Stream Analytics is an event processing engine that allows you to capture and examine high volumes of…
This week I’ve been talking about Azure Data Factory. In today’s post I’d like to talk about the much-awaited Azure Data Factory Integration Runtime. The compute infrastructure provides data movement, connectors, data conversions and data transfers, as well as activity…
In my posts this week, I’ve been going a little deeper into Azure Data Factory (be sure to check out my others from Tuesday and Wednesday). I’m excited today to dig into getting data from one source into Azure. First…
Yesterday’s Azure Every Day post covered how Azure Data Factory pricing works. In today’s post I’d like to go a bit deeper into Azure Data Factory Version 2 and review pipelines and activities. In essence, a pipeline is a logical…
In today’s post I’d like to discuss how Azure Data Factory pricing works with the Version 2 model which was just released. The pricing is broken down into four ways that you’re paying for this service. I hope that by…
As most people know, the GDPR is approaching quickly. May 25th to be exact. Most companies will need to review or modify their database management and data handling procedures, especially focusing on the security of data processing. In a recent…
So, still not in the cloud and the thought of doing so feels like you’re taking a huge jump into unknown waters? We’re seeing more enterprises starting to dip their toe in the water with Microsoft Azure. Microsoft has shown…
If you haven’t made the move to Azure cloud, what’s stopping you? Many businesses either have moved or are starting to and I can tell you the top 6 reasons that are driving businesses to the cloud. 1. Business Growth…
With all the things organizations need to manage identity for – on-premises environments, mobile devices, laptops and other managed devices, plus our internal active directory systems – it’s becoming increasingly harder to manage. We are in a new world of…