Synopses & Reviews
Unlock new insights from enterprise data with this solution builders guide to HDInsight. Whether youre a developer or data analyst, BI professional or IT professional, youll learn how to build Hadoop-compatible Big Data applications for the cloud or on premises.
- Written by key members of the Microsoft teams focused on Big Data
- Gets you up and running quickly with HDInsight, which provides 100% Apache Hadoop compatibility
- Shares developer insights on using HDInsight and other Microsoft tools to process and analyze large datasets, including structured and unstructured data
- Explains how to build, deploy, and manage Hadoop clusters through Windows Server and Windows Azure
- Topics includes: Working with the console, streaming data, predictive analytics, Pig, Hive, Sqoop, HDFS, Hbase, management, and troubleshooting, plus real-world examples
About the Author
Avkash Chauhan is a Cloud Solution architect on the Windows Azure team at Microsoft and is involved in developing and supporting Microsofts Hadoop-based services for Windows and Azure.
Valentine Fontama is a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft and is involved in developing and supporting Microsofts Hadoop-based services for Windows and Azure.
Michele Hart is a Technical Writer at Microsoft and is involved in developing and supporting Microsofts Hadoop-based services for Windows and Azure.
Wee-Hyong Tok is a program manager on the SQL Server Integration Services team. He has worked on several different aspects of the product. Prior to joining Microsoft, Wee Hyong was a Microsoft MVP. He is a frequent presenter at Microsoft conferences. Wee Hyong is deeply passionate about how organizations can make use of business intelligence tools to derive business insights, and make better decisions.