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More Azure Services Announced at Build

In addition to the Azure Data Lake, Microsoft announced a number of other cloud computing services at its Build 2015 event. They include the Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Azure SQL

Build 2015: Microsoft Unveils Azure Data Lake

At Build 2015, Microsoft announced a new cloud-based big data service called Azure Data Lake. The new cloud computing service gives developers a centralized location to store all of their

Parquet Now a Top-Level Apache Project

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has announced that Apache Parquet has graduated from incubator status to become a top-level project. Parquet is a columnar Hadoop storage format used in many

What Will Microsoft Talk about at Build 2015?

Microsoft kicks off its annual Build development conference tomorrow. Based on the company’s previous comments, attendees can expect to hear about Windows 10 development and see the HoloLens augmented reality

MapR Declines Invitation to Join ODP

In a blog post, Hadoop distribution vendor MapR said that it would not be joining the Open Data Platform (ODP) initiative. Formed earlier this year, ODP aims to develop open