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Stream Analytics with Microsoft Azure

By : Ryan Murphy, Manpreet Singh
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Stream Analytics with Microsoft Azure

By: Ryan Murphy, Manpreet Singh

Overview of this book

Microsoft Azure is a very popular cloud computing service used by many organizations around the world. Its latest analytics offering, Stream Analytics, allows you to process and get actionable insights from different kinds of data in real-time. This book is your guide to understanding the basics of how Azure Stream Analytics works, and building your own analytics solution using its capabilities. You will start with understanding what Stream Analytics is, and why it is a popular choice for getting real-time insights from data. Then, you will be introduced to Azure Stream Analytics, and see how you can use the tools and functions in Azure to develop your own Streaming Analytics. Over the course of the book, you will be given comparative analytic guidance on using Azure Streaming with other Microsoft Data Platform resources such as Big Data Lambda Architecture integration for real time data analysis and differences of scenarios for architecture designing with Azure HDInsight Hadoop clusters with Storm or Stream Analytics. The book also shows you how you can manage, monitor, and scale your solution for optimal performance. By the end of this book, you will be well-versed in using Azure Stream Analytics to develop an efficient analytics solution that can work with any type of data.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface

About the Reviewers

Ryan Murphyis a solution architect living in Saint Louis, Missouri. He has been building and innovating with data for nearly twenty years, including extensive work in the gaming and agriculture industries. Currently, Ryan is helping some of the world’s largest organizations modernize their business with data solutions powered by the Microsoft Azure Cloud.

 

Richard Iwasa, is currently working as a cloud solution architect with Microsoft and has been using Microsoft Azure since its inception. He has worked in IT and consulting for over 20 years across multiple industries, including transportation, resources, telecom, and financial services. Richard is passionate about using the cloud to solve his customers' business and technical challenges.

 

Vandana Saini (Vinnie), is an experienced data scientist with extensive experience in data analytics, consulting, information systems, and managing corporate clients for IT and financial institutions. She has worked with major Canadian banks and cloud service providers in the areas of artificial intelligence. Lately, she has been sharing her expertise as a cloud solution architect with Microsoft partners, augmenting AI capabilities towards transforming various industries.

Besides, she has delivered keynotes at various events for big data and analytics.