Cloud computing is the principal technology provider for any big data solution from small to mid-sized applications, although it is also available for huge big data needs with different cloud features.

In the previous chapter, we saw some usage of Microsoft Azure. Let's see how to develop solutions using such technologies.

Within the Microsoft Azure offering, we will focus on the Service Bus sub-offering. Within this category, we can find technologies such as the Relay (a WCF router service for cross-premise communication), Queue and Topics (one-to-one or one-to-many messaging queues), ACS (a federated security service), Event Hub (a multistream-like event router similar to a queue), and a centralized and customizable Push Notification service.