Azure Data Factory
This is a book I mentioned in class – it’s a good introduction.

This is a book I mentioned in class – it’s a good introduction.

IoT and AR (Internet of Things, Augmented Reality) have created opportunities to provide real-time, rich information to decision-makers that are working with specific devices, controls, supply chains, and more. Whether as a maintenance function, optimization activity, or safety function – the collection of date through an IoT device allows us to transmit that collected data…
Whenever I discuss Cloud Services – online or in person – I still receive hesitation by some. It seems that the fear of Social Media data mining has, somehow, been extended to include Cloud Services. While still a small percentage of “dislikes”, there are few other topics on my YouTube channel that evoke such passionate…
Over the holidays, I’ve decided to create a hands-on lab that builds out a case-study on using an IoT device to collect data and automate behaviour in Azure Cloud. The idea is to build an end-to-end walk-though from needs identification to decision-support. The intent being to have students build an actual solution that let’s them…
Here are a couple of resources around Azure Data Factory and Azure Cloud Analytics. We are absolutely moving to a Cloud-only world with less and less on-premise. At this point, we can still benefit from some on-premise material to teach concepts, but I would like to know how many people are still using those tools…
The move into more Cloud services has taken hold for both business and consumer markets. The convenience of Cloud Storage for back-ups has grown into an entire Infrastructure solution with Storage, Compute, Networking, Development, Infrastructure, Platform, and Software as a Service. While I could write pages and pages on any of these areas of Cloud…
The Cloud is influencing everything we do – but what exactly is “The Cloud”?