Author: Rohan Kumar

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Rohan Kumar. We are pleased to share that Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Cloud Database Management Systems.1 This placement reflects our completeness of vision and ability to execute, and we feel is a testament to our ongoing innovation and the integration of a comprehensive cloud data management ecosystem into Microsoft’s end-to-end data platform. Today’s organizations are modernizing their data platforms as part of a broader digital transformation and need to rely on data as a strategic asset and competitive differentiator. Azure offers a full range of solutions for ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft SQL Server Blog. Author: Rohan Kumar. Since day one, Microsoft has been right beside you in your career journeys. We have listened to your stories, experiences, and challenges, and referenced them as the driving force behind our product evolution. One of the highlights in our calendar each year is getting to connect with the global data platform community at PASS Summit. We would like to thank Redgate for continuing this amazing event in the form of PASS Data Community Summit 2021, a free online conference for Microsoft data platform professionals. Visit the event website to register to attend ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Rohan Kumar. Businesses today are experiencing the most significant change in our economy in a generation and the ability to realize the full potential of the cloud through digital transformation has never been greater. There are three core capabilities businesses need that together drive successful transformation: limitless database scale and performance, unmatched analytics and insights, and unified data governance. Today we shared a number of announcements to help organizations evolve rapidly even in the face of sustained uncertainty. Across industries, companies are investing in these core capabilities to ensure they have the flexibility to innovate anywhere ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Rohan Kumar. By 2025, the volume of data generated per year is expected to grow to 175 zettabytes (ZB)1. Yet, most organizations aren't prepared to properly govern all this data. As a data professional in charge of managing this influx of data, are you prepared to answer questions like where did my organization’s data come from? Is the access and usage of that data by different departments compliant? And what regulatory requirements govern that data? The number and types of data sources are also multiplying. Data may be stored on-premises, across different public clouds, and ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Rohan Kumar. From edge to cloud, companies are eager to find innovative solutions that meet them where they are. Today’s business environment is increasingly complex, and customers tell us they need solutions that are multi-cloud, platform-agnostic, and offer integrated apps and services that are always up to date. We’ve seen firsthand the best solution combines a company’s existing infrastructure with the simple, distributed computing power of the cloud. Our unique approach to hybrid gives businesses choice and flexibility in managing their entire data estate while complying with data sovereignty, regulation, and latency requirements.   Tune in ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Rohan Kumar. For any organization to succeed in a world of unprecedented uncertainty, a new level of agility is required. Core to that agility is the ability to quickly gain insights from data at any scale, power ultra-low latency applications that deliver personalized experiences, and empower all users in an organization, regardless of size. This requires a computing platform that provides limitless scale, performance, and possibilities for what can be achieved with data. To help organizations achieve these limitless capabilities, we shared several announcements today at Microsoft Ignite: Unmatched analytics Our commitment to customers is ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Rohan Kumar. Since its preview announcement, we’ve witnessed incredible excitement and adoption of Azure Synapse from our customers and partners. We want to sincerely thank everyone that provided feedback and are now helping us bring the power of limitless analytics to all. As announced last week, Azure Synapse is now generally available. Unified experience Azure Synapse brings together data integration, enterprise data warehousing, and big data analytics—at cloud scale. The unification of these workloads enables organizations to massively reduce their end-to-end development time and accelerate time to insight. It now also provides both no-code and ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Rohan Kumar. We live in demanding times, and change is happening faster than ever before. Data has always provided important insights into changing contexts, but to navigate the rapidly evolving landscape, adding layers of intelligence where AI advances decision making and applies predictive analytics at the edge to unlock new possibilities is pivotal. At Microsoft Ignite, we shared a number of announcements to help organizations rebuild in a changing world. Following the announcement of Azure Arc in November 2019, we are announcing the preview launch of Azure Arc enabled data services. With this preview, customers ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Rohan Kumar. Today, businesses are forced to maintain two types of analytical systems, data warehouses and data lakes. Data warehouses provide critical insights on business health. Data lakes can uncover important signals on customers, products, employees, and processes. Both are critical, yet operate independently of one another, which can lead to uninformed decisions. At the same time, businesses need to unlock insights from all their data to stay competitive and fuel innovation with purpose. Can a single cloud analytics service bridge this gap and enable the agility that businesses demand? Azure Synapse Analytics Today, we ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Rohan Kumar. With the exponential growth in data, organizations find themselves in increasingly heterogenous data estates, full of data sprawl and silos, spreading across on-premises data centers, the edge, and multiple public clouds. It has been a balancing act for organizations trying to bring about innovation faster while maintaining consistent security and governance. The lack of a unified view of all their data assets across their environments poses extra complexity for best practices in data management. As Satya announced in his vision keynote at Microsoft Ignite, we are redefining hybrid by bringing innovation anywhere with ... Read More