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Title

Mastering Azure Analytics: Architecting in the Cloud with Azure Data Lake, HDInsight, and Spark

Publisher

O'Reilly Media

Publication Date

2017

Language

English

ISBN 10

1491956658

ISBN 13

9781491956656

Binding

Soft cover

Condition

New

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Synopsis

Microsoft Azure has over 20 platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offerings that can act in support of a big data analytics solution. So which one is right for your project? This practical book helps you understand the breadth of Azure services by organizing them into a reference framework you can use when crafting your own big data analytics solution.

You’ll not only be able to determine which service best fits the job, but also learn how to implement a complete solution that scales, provides human fault tolerance, and supports future needs.

Understand the fundamental patterns of the data lake and lambda architecture
Recognize the canonical steps in the analytics data pipeline and learn how to use Azure Data Factory to orchestrate them
Implement data lakes and lambda architectures, using Azure Data Lake Store, Data Lake Analytics, HDInsight (including Spark), Stream Analytics, SQL Data Warehouse, and Event Hubs
Understand where Azure Machine Learning fits into your analytics pipeline
Gain experience using these services on real-world data that has real-world problems, with scenarios ranging from aviation to Internet of Things (IoT)

About the Author

Zoiner Tejada has more than 17 years of experience consulting in the software industry as a software architect, CTO, and start-up CEO, with particular expertise in cloud computing, big data, analytics, and machine learning. He was among the first to receive a Microsoft Azure MVP (“Most Valuable Professional”) designation and has since been awarded the MVP for five consecutive years, and now holds a dual MVP in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Data Platform. He received his BS in computer science from Stanford University.

Zoiner is the author of Mastering Azure Analytics published by O'Reilly (which covers a broad range of analytics solutions from real-time processing with Storm, to Interactive/Batch processing with Spark, the application of Machine Learning and many other Data/Analytics related Azure services). He is also co-author of Exam Ref 70-532: Programming Microsoft’s Clouds (the official exam study guide for developers seeking Azure certification), co-author of Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions, and creator of the “Google Analytics Fundamentals” course on Pluralsight.com.