5 reasons Azure Databricks is best for Hadoop workloads

By Dustin Ward

Due to the complexity, high cost of operations, and unscalable infrastructure, on-premises Hadoop platforms have often not delivered on their initial promises to impact business value. As a result, many enterprises are now seeking to modernize their Hadoop platforms to cloud data platforms. Catalysts include: High cost of ownership: On-premises hardware is costly and potential…

Introducing Azure Load Testing: Optimize app performance at scale

By Dustin Ward

Today, we are announcing the preview of Azure Load Testing. Azure Load Testing is a fully managed Azure service that enables developers and testers to generate high-scale load with custom Apache JMeter scripts and gain actionable insights to catch and fix performance bottlenecks at scale. Application performance and resiliency are more important than ever before.…

Microsoft expands cloud services with two new datacenters in Wyoming

By Dustin Ward

Today, I’m thrilled to share that we are announcing the launch of two new Microsoft datacenters in Cheyenne, Wyoming—one in Cheyenne Business Parkway and another in Bison Business Park—enabling us to expand and support the growth and demand for our digital services in our West Central US datacenter region. Cheyenne has been home to Microsoft’s…

Forging a path from telco to cloud with Microsoft Azure

By Dustin Ward

This blog was co-authored by Angel Shimelish, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Azure for Operators. Across industries, organizations are venturing deeper into their digital transformation journeys every day, and the telco industry is no exception. Angel Shimelish recently sat down with Ryan van Wyk, Microsoft’s Partner Software Engineering Manager, who joined Microsoft as part of our acquisition of…

Build real-time web apps with Azure Web PubSub—now generally available

By Dustin Ward

Push data in real-time with Azure Web PubSub Service! Real-time application scenarios such as live data updates, chat for streaming videos, interactive whiteboards for remote education, and IoT dashboards are helping businesses become more agile and more responsive to customers. Today, we’re announcing the general availability of Azure Web PubSub, a fully managed WebSocket-based service…