Microsoft announced at the end of last month that it was acquiring Revolution Analytics, a commercial provider of software and services for the open source R programming language. R is focused on statistical computing and predictive analytics, which will be key to enabling Microsoft to offer customers the kinds of tools they need to make sense of big data.
More at http://sqlmag.com/sql-server/big-deal-big-data-microsoft-r-and-you
The new version of Azure SQL is faster, handles more data than ever, and comes with new capabilities that further reduce the gap between the cloud-based Azure SQL Database and on-premise SQL Server.
Read more at http://www.fiercecio.com/story/microsoft-reveals-new-version-cloud-based-azure-sql-database-service/2015-02-03
Almost five years ago, Google’s Eric Schmidt announced that we had reached the point where more data was being created every two days, than in all of human history, up until 2003.
Read at http://www.hiscox.co.uk/business-blog/bernard-marr-column-big-data-matters-every-business/
