The first generation of Azure SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW) was announced in 2015, and SQL DW "Gen 2" reached general availability in 2018. Today, at its Ignite confab on Orlando, Microsoft is ...

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At its annual Ignite conference in Orlando, Fla., Microsoft today announced a major new Azure service for enterprises: Azure Synapse Analytics, which Microsoft describes as “the next evolution of ...

Today is a pretty big day for advanced analytics on the Azure cloud, marked by a virtual event titled "Shape Your Future with Azure Data and Analytics," which will feature Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

This architectural pattern supports high-volume data ingestion as well as flexible data processing and reporting. In the Azure cloud, it often takes advantage of services such as Azure Data Lake ...

Azure Synapse Analytics is the result of a lot of work, and a little trial and error. At first, Ramakrishnan said, the team developed high–level guidelines showing ...

Organizations in today’s digital economy are constantly facing unprecedented pressure to innovate, accelerate decision-making ...

A new Azure SQL Data Warehouse preview offered as a counter to Amazon's Redshift headed several data-related announcements at the opening of the Microsoft Build conference today. Also being announced ...

Microsoft's drive to put Azure SQL Data Warehouse on more equal footing with SQL Server is finally paying off. Azure SQL Data Warehouse gets less press than its online transaction processing brethren, ...

Microsoft announced at the end of February 2022 that significant changes are in store across its SQL Server analytics products. To set the context, the broader enterprise IT marketplace was still ...