TechNet Radio: Data in the Cloud (Part 3) – Incorporating Azure analytics services

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In part 3 of our Data in the Cloud series, Dan Stolts welcomes Benjamin Wright-Jones and Nishant Thacker to the show as they discuss when and why you would use HDInsight and Azure Machine Learning (ML) in your data analytics. [2:42] How is data collected and where is it hosted in Azure? [11:02] How are […]

In part 3 of our Data in the Cloud series, Dan Stolts welcomes Benjamin Wright-Jones and Nishant Thacker to the show as they discuss when and why you would use HDInsight and Azure Machine Learning (ML) in your data analytics.

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- [2:42] How is data collected and where is it hosted in Azure?

- [11:02] How are customers using power BI and why is it appealing?

- [17:02] What is Azure Machine Learning?

- [26:18] What is HDInsight?

- [33:00] Can you give some examples for HDInsight?

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Founder and Chief AI Officer of Just In Time AI, with an IT career that began in 1988 -- nearly four decades of experience. Over a decade of that career went into building ITProGuru into a 250,000-uniques/mo IT-community resource, and he now applies the same teach-first approach to AI systems that run real businesses. Full profile →