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Understanding WASB and Hadoop Storage in Azure
Yesterday we learned Why WASB Makes Hadoop on Azure So Very Cool. Now let's dive deeper into Windows Azure storage and WASB. I'll answer some of the common questions I get when people first try to...
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Technorati Tags: azure blob store,azure storage,aws,s3,neal analytics,windows azure,powershell More and more we have to work with data in many different locations. This week I got to work with S3 files...
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AzureCopy to the Rescue for an S3 to Azure Blob Copy!
This week I helped a client move files from AWS S3 to Azure Storage blobs. Sounds simple, right? Here's the tricky part... While there are both Azure and AWS cmdlets for PowerShell, they don't...
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Master Choosing the Right Project for Hadoop
Hadoop is the hot buzzword of the Big Data world, and many IT people are being told "go create a Hadoop cluster and do some magic". It's hard to know where to start or which projects are a good fit....
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Create HDInsight Cluster in Azure Portal
Creating an HDInsight cluster from the Azure portal is very easy. However, sometimes you want all the choices and best practices explained as well as the "how to". I have created a series of slides...
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Azure Data Factory: Hub Not Found
You can use the new Azure portal to create or edit Azure Data Factory components. Once you are done you may automate the process of creating future Data Factory components from PowerShell. In that case...
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Hadoop Likes Big Files
One of the frequently overlooked yet essential best practices for Hadoop is to prefer fewer, bigger files over more, smaller files. How small is too small and how many is too many? How do you stitch...
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The Big Data Dragon flies on to Microsoft AzureCAT
“Always in motion is the future” - Yoda On June 1 I will be moving into a new role on AzureCAT. I tried the small business consulting world with Neal Analytics and it just wasn't a good fit for me and...
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Big Data for the SQL Eye
SQL Server is a great technology – I’ve been using it since 1993 when the user interface consisted of a query window with the options to save and execute and not much else. With every release there’s...
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Moving Beyond Unconscious Bias – Good People Matter!
Presented at SQL Saturday Oregon on October 24, 2015 by Julie Koesmarno and Cindy Gross Good People We’re good people. As good people we don’t want to think we do things that have negative consequences...
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