New Azure reservations features can help you save more on your Azure costs, easily manage reservations, and create internal reports. Based on your feedback, we’ve added the following features to reservations: Azure Databricks pre-purchase plan App Service Isolated Stamp Fee reservations Ability to automatically renew reservations Ability to scope reservations to resource group Enhanced usage […]
Archives for August 2019
Six ways we’re making Azure reservations even more powerful
New Azure reservations features can help you save more on your Azure costs, easily manage reservations, and create internal reports. Based on your feedback, we’ve added the following features to reservations: Azure Databricks pre-purchase plan App Service Isolated Stamp Fee reservations Ability to automatically renew reservations Ability to scope reservations to resource group Enhanced usage […]
Five Factors Shaping Data Science
As data science evolves, key challenges are driving organizations to seek innovative solutions to compete in the new AI-driven economy.
Versace apologises after T-shirt triggers fierce criticism in China
Italian luxury label Versace and its artistic director Donatella Versace apologised on Sunday after one of the company’s T-shirts was widely criticised on social media in China for identifying the Chinese-controlled territories of Hong Kong and Macau as countries.
Cathay Pacific suspends pilot arrested in Hong Kong protests
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said on Saturday it had suspended a pilot arrested during anti-government protests in Hong Kong and that “overly radical” staff would be barred from crewing flights to the mainland.
Argentines, hurting in the shadow of recession, weigh Macri’s plea for patience
Argentina’s opposition have their sights set on voters like Alfredo Espinoza, 55, a recently laid-off metals worker from the edge of Buenos Aires, looking to tap into rising hardship to rally supporters and win over swing voters disenchanted by President Mauricio Macri.
Data Engineering in Badoo: Handling 20 Billion Events Per Day
Badoo is a dating social network that currently handles billions of events per day, explains Vladimir Kazanov, data platform engineering lead. At Skills Matter, he talked through some of the challenges of operating at this scale, and what tooling Badoo uses in order to process and report on this data. By Andrew Morgan
Chinese trade data calms volatile global markets
Stronger-than-expected Chinese export data helped push global stock markets higher on Thursday following a volatile week that had investors scrambling for safety due to fears of a worldwide economic pullback.
Building Resilient ExpressRoute Connectivity for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
As more and more organizations adopt Azure for their business-critical workloads, the connectivity between organizations’ on-premises networks and Microsoft becomes crucial. ExpressRoute provides the private connectivity between on-premises networks and Microsoft. By default, an ExpressRoute circuit provides redundant network connections to Microsoft backbone network and is designed for carrier grade high availability. However, the high […]
HPE Emerges to Rescue MapR Customers
HPE will expand its data and analytics portfolio through its acquisition of embattled Hadoop pioneer MapR.