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Microsoft acquires Fungible, a maker of data processing units, to bolster Azure

TechCrunch

In December, reports suggested that Microsoft had acquired Fungible, a startup fabricating a type of data center hardware known as a data processing unit (DPU), for around $190 million. ” The Fungible team will join Microsoft’s data center infrastructure engineering teams, Bablani said. .

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Quick Guide to Azure Storage Pricing

DevOps.com

Azure Storage is a cloud-based storage service from Microsoft Azure. It provides a scalable, secure and highly available data storage solution for businesses of any size. Azure Files […] The post Quick Guide to Azure Storage Pricing appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Securing Azure Service Bus

Xebia

Let’s examine common security risks, understand the importance of data encryption and various robust authentication methods such as Azure AD and shared access signatures, explore strategies for network protection, and emphasize the value of logging for enhanced oversight. By default, Azure Service Bus supports TLS 1.2

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Partitioning Historical Data Into Daily Parquet Files in Azure Data Lake Using Azure Data Factory and Azure Notebook

Dzone - DevOps

When working with historical data, it is often necessary to partition the data into daily files based on a key column for efficient storage and querying. Azure Data Factory (ADF) provides a powerful data integration service, while Azure Notebook offers an interactive environment for data exploration and analysis.

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12 data science certifications that will pay off

CIO

Data scientist is one of the hottest jobs in IT. Companies are increasingly eager to hire data professionals who can make sense of the wide array of data the business collects. According to data from PayScale, $99,842 is the average base salary for a data scientist in 2024.

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Microsoft’s Azure AI Search updated with increased storage, vector index size

InfoWorld

Microsoft has updated its Azure AI Search service to increase storage capacity and vector index size at no additional cost, a move it said will make it more economical for enterprises to run generative AI-based applications.

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Cloud storage startup Wasabi raises $250M to reach unicorn status

TechCrunch

The cloud services sector is still dominated by Amazon and the other so-called “hyperscalers” — e.g. the Microsoft Azures, Google Cloud Platforms and IBM Clouds of the world. Wasabi, which doesn’t charge fees for egress or API requests, claims its storage fees work out to one-fifth of the cost of Amazon S3’s.

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