When working with Hadoop on Azure, you may be used to the idea of putting your data in the Cloud. In addition to using Azure Blob Storage, another option is connecting your Hadoop on Azure cluster to query data against Amazon S3. To configure Hadoop on Azure to connect to it, below are the steps [...]
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Connecting Hadoop on Azure to your Amazon S3 Blob storage
Posted in BigData, Cloud, tagged amazon s3, AWS, Configuration, Connectivity, interactive javascript on March 21, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Cool Hadoop on Azure How To Videos by @bradoop
Posted in BigData, Cloud, tagged Azure, Hadoop on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A big shout out to Brad Sarsfield (@bradoop) for creating these great How-To videos for Hadoop on Azure. How To: Upload Data and Use the WordCount Sample with Hadoop Services for Windows Azure (video) Run the Pi Estimator Sample on Hadoop on Windows Azure (video)
Connecting PowerPivot to Hadoop on Azure – Self Service BI to Big Data in the Cloud
Posted in BigData, Cloud, PowerPivot, SQL, tagged Excel, Hadoop, hive on January 21, 2012 | 12 Comments »
. “I caught a fish thiiiiis biiig” – On stage with Ted Kummert during the PASS 2011 Keynote on Big Data (thanks to Karen Lopez @datachick for the pic) . . During the PASS 2011 Keynote (back in October 2011), I had the honor to demo Hadoop on Windows / Azure. One of the key [...]
An Azure Elephant Never Forgets…
Posted in BigData, Cloud, tagged Hadoop, Isotope on December 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
All your HBase are belong to us Friends, coders, beta testers – lend me your data! . We have more tag lines like that all within the Hadoop on Azure portal! Click on the image so you can check out the Hadoop on Azure video by clicking on the link – in addition to funky electronica, [...]
Netflix rocks–from great entertainment to showcasing how to develop for the Cloud
Posted in BigData, Cloud, tagged Design on May 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
. . A partial screenshot of my Netflix Top 10 selections – which of course includes Doctor Who and Stargate Universe. . . . . As a subscriber, I’m definitely a fan of Netflix. I’m watching Netflix on my PC, Windows Media Center PC, XBox 360, iPad, iPhone, and Windows Phone 7 – its just [...]

