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Why SQL Server runs best on Microsoft Azure 

Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services offers many ways to optimize your on-premises data and data platform projects from development and test of new SQL Server applications to migrating existing on-premises SQL Server instances on the latest images of SQL Server to cost effective hybrid scenarios such as database backup and extended business continuity.
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Real-time predictive analytics in the cloud 

Predictive analytics has greatly empowered organizations across industries. One of the key benefits of predictive analytics centers on the ability to shorten decision cycle times, which enables organizations to improve risk management, customer responsiveness, marketing, and supply chain.
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SQL Server 2012 SP2 is now available! 

Microsoft is pleased to announce the release of SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2. The Service Pack is available for download on the Microsoft Download Center. As part of our continued commitment to software excellence for our customers, this upgrade is available to all customers with existing SQL Server 2012 deployments.
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Microsoft updates its Hadoop cloud solution 

Hadoop Summit kicked of today in San Jose, and T. K. Rengarajan, Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Data Platform, delivered a keynote presentation where he shared Microsoft’s approach to big data and the work we are doing to make Hadoop accessible in the cloud. At the event, we also announced that Azure HDInsight, our Hadoop-based service in the cloud, now supports Hadoop 2.4.
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PolyBase in APS – Yet another SQL over Hadoop solution? 

This blog post will highlight PolyBase’s truly unique approach focusing on: Query capabilities across various heterogeneous data sources – on-premises and cloud (Microsoft Azure) bringing Microsoft data services together forming one complete data platform solution Total freedom for users with no lockdown, agnostic to the actual Hadoop distribution and/or underlying operating system Faster insights from all your data in a simple and performing fashion allowing
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Virginia Tech Exec Q&A 

Virginia Tech is using the Microsoft Azure Cloud to create cloud-based tools to assist with medical breakthroughs via next-generation sequence (NGS) analysis. This NGS analysis requires both big computing and big data resources. A team of computer scientists at Virginia Tech is addressing this challenge by developing an on-demand, cloud-computing model using the Azure HDInsight Service.
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Edgenet Exec Q&A 

Edgenet provides optimized product data for suppliers, retailers and search engines. Used online and in stores, Edgenet solutions ensure that businesses and consumers can make purchasing and inventory decisions based on accurate product information.
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