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SQL Server 2014: Unlocking Real-Time Insights 

Today at TechEd North America we announced a wave of products and services that will help customers embrace the “enterprise cloud era.” The next version of our data platform – SQL Server 2014 – is a key part of the day’s news.
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Get Ready for TechEd North America 2013 

TechEd North America takes place next week, June 3rd – 6th in New Orleans, Louisiana. While the city promises good times, gumbo and Po boys, you can expect a whole lot of technical goodness to come your way from the conference itself. From the Foundational Sessions to the Hands on Labs, be prepared to soak it all in.
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Now Available: HDP for Windows from Hortonworks 

Today Hortonworks announced the general availability of Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) for Windows, the industry’s first 100 percent Open Source Apache Hadoop-based distribution for Windows. The beta version of HDP for Windows was released two months ago at the Strata Conference in Santa Clara Hortonworks and was well received by industry press.
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Leveraging Flash across the Microsoft SQL Server Stack 

Guest blog post by @SamMarraccini of EMC Corporation. Flash technology is changing everything, nothing new there. Chances are the device you are reading this BLOG on contains some type of Flash memory. Within the datacenter, it has been well documented that the increasing performance capabilities of today’s CPUs have created an I/O performance gap.
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Viewing and Interacting with SSRS Reports on an iPad 

This video demonstrates how to view a Reporting Services report on an Apple iPad that has Apple iOS 6 and Apple Safari. You’ll learn how to access reports from the report server and from email, use touch to collapse and expand row groups, sort columns, and filter data using parameters, and export the report to different formats.
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Let’s Call it a Wrap on the PASS Business Analytics Conference 

Looking back at this month’s inaugural PASS Business Analytics Conference in Chicago, we can’t believe what an amazing experience it has been! This event included 70+ sessions over the course of two and a half days and was attended by more than 1,100 data professionals, ranging from business analysts and data scientists, to BA/BI practitioners, architects, and IT Pros.
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Develop and Test New SQL Server Apps, Scale Existing Apps and Unlock Hybrid Scenarios with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services 

Today Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows Azure Infrastructure Services, which includes Virtual Machines and Virtual Networks to keep your Windows Azure connected to your on-premises infrastructure and applications. Windows Azure Infrastructure Services provide the robust cloud infrastructure that is needed to run SQL Server and many of the applications that rely on SQL Server.