Announced this week at Connect(); 2016, Microsoft has joined the Linux Foundation as a Platinum Member. As part of ongoing efforts to work closely with open source communities, Microsoft’s membership in the Linux Foundation will benefit customers and partners through increased collaboration and innovation within a diverse technology ecosystem. Microsoft’s commitment to working with open Read more
Earlier this year, GoDataDriven deployed a large Cloudera Enterprise (CDH + Cloudera Manager) cluster on Microsoft Azure for one of the busiest and largest European airports. This two-part series, written by Alexander Bij and Tünde Alkemade,and republished with permission, includes information about use-case, design, and deployment. In the Part 1, we discussed some information about Read more
Earlier this year, GoDataDriven deployed a large Cloudera Enterprise (CDH + Cloudera Manager) cluster on Microsoft Azure for one of the busiest and largest European airports. This two-part series, written by Alexander Bij and Tünde Alkemade, and republished with permission, includes information about use-case, design, and deployment. Processing large amounts of unstructured data requires serious Read more
“Microsoft has been aggressive in embracing open source technology on its Azure cloud platform”—Blair Hanley Frank, IDG Read more
In the Part I of this blog post, we discussed why many customers are choosing the MEAN (Mongo, Express, Angular, and Node) stack as an efficient and powerful approach to building web applications. We also reviewed how to get started with Express, Angular and Node development on Azure. Today, in Part II, we’ll turn our Read more
Many customers are choosing the MEAN (Mongo, Express, Angular, and Node) stack as an efficient and powerful approach to building web applications. In this two-part blog, I’ll detail why and how to use Microsoft Azure to host a Linux-based MEAN stack, leveraging Azure’s enterprise features like high availability, scalability and fault tolerance to run web Read more
In recent years, much has been said about Microsoft’s evolution in the Linux and open source space. As Microsoft has continued to broaden and deepen its commitment to open source, there has been growing customer interest in how to bring together the best of these worlds, particularly in the cloud. With this in mind, every Read more
The Microsoft Office 365 and Open Specifications teams hope you can join them for DevDays Asia 2016 @Beijing, October 21-23, 2016. The event will dive into the many opportunities to develop for Microsoft Office 365 and has a track dedicated to Microsoft’s commitment to interoperability, including open specifications and open protocols. It’s a great opportunity Read more
Yesterday, Microsoft announced that PowerShell is open sourced and available on Linux. PowerShell is a task-based command-line shell and scripting language built on the .NET Framework to help IT professionals control and automate the administration of the Windows, and now Linux, operating systems and the applications that run on them. “Today’s customers live in a Read more
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With DevOps on Azure, you can accelerate your application delivery life cycle. Find out more about tools and services that are available for you and your organization. Whether you’re a developer working in a startup or an IT professional in a growing enterprise, your software applications likely include both Linux- and Windows-based components. With our Read more
Speed deployment of Node.js applications on Azure with Bitnami is a free on-demand webinar, conducted by Jose Miguel Parrella (Open Source Product Manager with Microsoft Azure) and Simon Bennett (VP of Product from Bitnami). Learn more about this webinar and register to watch it instantly. Developers love using Bitnami application stacks in Azure. Why? It’s Read more
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