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Roger Jennings

Roger Jennings

Roger Jennings is a data-oriented .NET developer and writer, a Windows Azure MVP, a member of Azure Insiders, the principal consultant of OakLeaf Systems, and curator of the OakLeaf Systems blog. He's also the author of 30+ books on the Windows Azure Platform, Microsoft operating systems, databases, .NET data access, Web services and InfoPath 2003. Forbes Magazine ranked him seventh in a "Who Are The Top 20 Influencers in Big Data?" article of February 3, 2012.
Roger Jennings
05 September 2012
Roger Jennings
05 September 2012

Analyze Big Data with Apache Hadoop on Windows Azure Preview Service Update 3

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Hadoop and MapReduce have good prospects for adoption as a standard for big data analysis, especially since its adoption by Microsoft. It is ideal for Cloud usage since one can spin up nodes when required, pay only for storage and compute services whilst they are running. Roger Jennings describes how to get it running on Azure.… Read more
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Roger Jennings
15 May 2012
Roger Jennings
15 May 2012

Free Private Data from Silos for Internal Use with Microsoft CodeName "Data Hub"

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Both Amazon and Microsoft are hosting large datasets such as those used for healthcare. Windows Azure Marketplace DataMarket now gives enterprises a way of publishing or buying large datasets. This principle is now being extended to allow organizations to provide their knowledge workers with a central Self-Service private DataMarket.… Read more
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Roger Jennings
22 February 2012
Roger Jennings
22 February 2012

Track Consumer Engagement and Sentiment with Microsoft Codename "Social Analytics"

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It isn't at all easy to make sense of the deluge of information from social media sites, particularly to measure opinion or sentiment, yet it has become increasingly important for marketing to be able to do so. Microsoft are keen to be in the vanguard with their "Social Analytics" research project… Read more
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