Dataiku Data Science Studio (DSS) now available as image on Microsoft Azure

Dataiku DSS allows data professionals to prototype, build and deploy specific services to transform raw data for Prediction or otherwise.

Once you have the data on Azure you can use DSS's web interface to load and prepare data in a visual interface; analyze and visualize data; and train machine algorithms to model your project. The resulting model can be finally automated to run entire workflow.

The pre-built image is now available on Azure, but you may need to go to the Azure's new portal here,

or get started from here.

Features that you may interested in:

• Connectivity: Connect to more than 25 data storage systems

• Data Wrangling: Interactive data cleaning and enrichment
• Machine Learning: Step-by-step guided machine learning
• Data Mining : Immediate visual insights
• Data Visualization: Histogram, maps, scatter plots, heat maps, boxplots, and so much more.
  Easily build visualisations and explore your data with drag and drop functionalities.
  -DSS automatically computes charts on your existing Big Data infrastructure (SQL or Impala) for optimal performance.
• Data Workflow: Visualize and re-run Workflows
• Real-time Scoring: Go from design to production, instantaneously

Other features of importance:

Collaboration: Integrated documentation and knowledge sharing
Deployment: Deploy workflows using staged deployment models
Enterprise readiness: Data governance and fine grained data access and integration with Hadoop

Watch this video from Dataiku here:

It is true, Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Developer Edition is free.

You have been downloading the SQL Server Express editions for free. You can only do a few things with it. This is the first time you get a developer edition free. You can do most of what you can do with an Enterprise Edition. It would normally cost you $60+, now it is free.

Not long ago I paid 60+ dollars to buy SQL Server Developer Edition from Microsoft Store. Since end of March 2016, you can get it for free. It is a freee download but you may have to signin to Visual Studio Dev Essentials before you can download SQL Server 2014 Developer Edition. It is assumed that you have a licensed Windows 10 or Windows Server.

SQL Server Developer edition has all the capabilities of the Enterprise Edition, however it is only for development and testing. You may not run a business with it.

In Microsoft's own language,
"Visual Studio Dev Essentials is Microsoft’s most comprehensive free developer program ever, with everything you need to build and deploy your app on any platform, including state-of-the-art tools, the power of the cloud, training, and support."

This is great stuff. If you are serious you will not let go of this opportunity.

Go this URL to download SQL Server 2014 Developer Edition with Service Pack 1 (x86) or (x64)
https://myprodscussu1.app.vssubscriptions.visualstudio.com/Downloads?pid=1682

More on this news here:
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/dataplatforminsider/2016/03/31/microsoft-sql-server-developer-edition-is-now-free/

WebRTC with Intel XDK

You can use Intel XDK together with Intel Collaboration Suite for Web RTC to build the real time communication apps.

With Intel Collaboration Suite for Web RTC (Intel CS for WebRTC )it is possible to build apps for real time communication over the web.

You need to use the Intel CS for WebRTC SDK built on top of W3C standard for WebRTC. You can create apps for broadcast, peer-to-peer and apps for conference.

To cater to the major OSs and HTML, the SDK is available in four versions one each for:

• Android
• JavaScript
• iOS
• Windows

There is a server that you need to get used to:
Intel CS for WebRTC Conference Server that provides the Video Conference Service that streams the service to many end points with the following quoted features:

• High performance, VP8 and H.264 real-time transcoding with Intel® Iris™ Pro and Intel HD Graphics
• Scalable multipoint control unit (MCU) server
• Efficient mixing of HD video streams for saving bandwidth and power on mobile device
• Intelligent QoS control mechanism that adapts to different network environments

If you are building with JavaScript there are browser requirements and you should get this:
CS_WebRTC_Client_SDK_JavaScript..zip .

BrowserReq.png
For details go here:
https://software.intel.com/sites/products/documentation/webrtc/js/index.html

More information available here:
http://software.intel.com/en-us/webrtc-sdk

MySQL datastorage for Internet of Things

That IOT is going to change our world view in the near future is wellknown and need no comments.

MySQL is one of Oracle's widely used storage solutions. This seminar by Charles Bell, 'MySQL for the Internet of Things' explores the details of how MySQL offers a solution to diverse IOT environments, collecting data from microcontrollers to embedded computing nodes.

Charles bell promises to focus on principles and best practices. This should be interesting to those working with IOT. MySQL High Availability  will also be discussed.

The Live Webcast is for 1 hour at 9:)) am Pacific time on Thursday, April 14, 2016.

Try registraion here:
http://www.mysql.com/news-and-events/web-seminars/mysql-for-the-internet-of-things/

Big Data needs, drive Toyota to Microsoft

Microsoft has found a party worthy to be partnered with, namely Toyota with a lot of cash.

Needing to organize and manage all the varied data used,  Toyota was driven to Microsoft which
has a serious cloud offering, the Microsoft Azure.

Toyota partnering with Microsoft has spawned a new company in Texas' Plano called the Toyota Connected.
This will drive up stocks of Microsoft and Toyota in the coming weeks.

Read more here:
http://www.techrepublic.com/topic/big-data/http://www.techrepublic.com/topic/big-data/