Tag: Linux

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Faith Xu. We are excited to release the preview of ONNX Runtime, a high-performance inference engine for machine learning models in the Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX) format. ONNX Runtime is compatible with ONNX version 1.2 and comes in Python packages that support both CPU and GPU to enable inferencing using Azure Machine Learning service and on any Linux machine running Ubuntu 16. ONNX is an open source model format for deep learning and traditional machine learning. Since we launched ONNX in December 2017 it has gained support from more than 20 leading companies in ... Read More

Feed: Planet big data. Author: Peter. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been in conversations around the topic of “Oracle vs. Microsoft”. I’ve heard both sides of the story ranging from “SQL Server for mission critical operations…are you crazy!” to “Oracle costs me my first born child…year after year!”. While these discussions are often entertaining, the line delineating the two database giants is blurring by each subsequent release.In my years consulting for LÛCRUM, I have worked for numerous clients that have had installations of both Oracle and Microsoft running in their environments. With recent statistics estimating that Oracle ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Mark Cowlishaw. There is a new Azure PowerShell module, built to harness the power of PowerShell Core and Cloud Shell, and maintain compatibility with PowerShell 5.1. Its name is Az. Az ensures that PowerShell and PowerShell Core users can get the latest Azure tooling in every PowerShell, on every platform. Az also simplifies and normalizes Azure PowerShell cmdlet and module names. Az ships in Azure Cloud Shell and is available from the PowerShell Gallery.  For complete details on the release, timeline, and compatibility features, please see GitHub announcement page. Az module features Az is a ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Rob Caron. Now in preview Protect data in use with the public preview of Azure confidential computing - Years of work with our silicon vendors have allowed us to bring application isolation technology to hardware in our datacenters to support this new VM family. While these virtual machines may ‘look and feel’ like standard VM sizes from the control plane, they are backed by hardware-based Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs), specifically the latest generation of Intel Xeon Processors with Intel SGX technology. You can now build, deploy, and run applications that protect data confidentiality and integrity ... Read More

Feed: Cloudwards. Author: Branko Vlajin; Besides going to parties, joining fraternities and playing sorority games, students need to, well, study. A lot of studying happens online now, even if you’re not telecommuting, and it can be improved by using services that help you store presentations, research papers and other assignments in the cloud. Google Drive is in the lead of the best cloud storage for students list. Hard drives can malfunction, leaving you without your notes for that bothersome exam. You can avoid that by copying your files to the cloud. You’ll clear space on your hard drive, too, which ... Read More

Feed: Featured Blog Posts - Data Science Central. Author: Paul Black. Harvard Business Review has regareded data scientist as the sexiest job of the 21st century. In this article, with the assistance of Octoparse V7, we aggregated the resources and tools that you may need to become a data scientist.1. Learning resources: Courses, Degrees/Certificates, Books; 2. Tools: Data Extractors, Data Analytics, Reporting. 3. Data Science Competitions/Programs 20 Online Courses about Data Science 1. Data Science Specialization Creator: John Hopkins University This Specialization covers the concepts and tools you'll need throughout the entire data science pipeline, from asking the right kinds ... Read More

Feed: R-bloggers. Author: RStudio Team. We’ve now discussed the improved support in RStudio v1.2 for SQL, D3, and Python. Today, we’ll talk about IDE support for C/C++ and Rcpp. The IDE has had excellent support for C/C++ since RStudio v0.99, including: Tight integration with the Rcpp package Code completion Source diagnostics as you edit Code snippets Auto-indentation Navigable list of compilation errors Code navigation (go to definition) The major new C/C++ feature in RStudio v1.2 is an upgrade to libclang (our underlying completion and diagnostics engine). The update improves performance as well as adds compatibility with modern C++ 17 language ... Read More

Feed: Planet big data. Author: David Smith. I wasn't at the Use of R in Official Statistics (uRos2018) conference in the Netherlands last month, but I'm thankful to Jeroen Ooms for sharing the slides from his keynote presentation. In addition to being a postdoc staffer at ROpenSci, Jeroen maintains the official repository for the daily R builds on Windows — you might recognize his name from the verification certificate that pops up when installing R on Windows. His uRos2018 talk provides a fascinating glimpse into the complex systems, dependencies, and processes that come together to make installing R as easy ... Read More

Feed: Planet MySQL; Author: Keith Hollman; So, if we’re applying GDPR to our system, and we’re already making use of MySQL Transparent Data Encryption / keyring, then here’s an example on how to migrate from filed-based keyring to the encrypted keyring. Online. If you’re looking to go deeper into the TDE then I suggest reading the MySQL Server Team’s InnoDB Transparent Tablespace Encryption blog. You’d already have your environment running, whereas I have to create one.. give me a minute please, 8.0.12 here we come: mysqld --defaults-file=my_okv.cnf --initialize-insecure --user=khollman mysqld --defaults-file=my_okv.cnf --user=khollman & mysql --defaults-file=my_okv.cnf -uroot show plugins; show variables ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Erich Andersen. I’m pleased to announce that Microsoft is joining the Open Invention Network (“OIN”), a community dedicated to protecting Linux and other open source software programs from patent risk. We know Microsoft’s decision to join OIN may be viewed as surprising to some; it is no secret that there has been friction in the past between Microsoft and the open source community over the issue of patents. For others who have followed our evolution, we hope this announcement will be viewed as the next logical step for a company that is listening to customers ... Read More