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Archives: July 2015
Cortana Analytics Suite
Yesterday at the Microsoft World Wide Partner Conference in Orlando Microsoft announced the Cortana Analytics Suite, which is a new package of data storage, information management, machine learning, and business intelligence software in a single convenient monthly subscription. Microsoft’s Cortana personal digital assistant, until now available to consumers on mobile… Read more
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Posted in James Serra's Blog on 14 July 2015
Microsoft Azure Data Catalog
Just announced is the Microsoft Azure Data Catalog, which is an enterprise metadata catalog / portal for the self-service discovery of data sources. It becomes available on Monday next week, July 13, 2015. Check out this short video on it. My response to this is – woo hoo! I have… Read more
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Posted in James Serra's Blog on 10 July 2015
What is Polyglot Persistence?
Polyglot Persistence is a fancy term to mean that when storing data, it is best to use multiple data storage technologies, chosen based upon the way data is being used by individual applications or components of a single application. Different kinds of data are best dealt with different data stores.… Read more
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Posted in James Serra's Blog on 1 July 2015