Summary: Like what you heard? Try Windows Azure for FREE and enjoy the freedom to use your preferred OS, language, database or tool. Windows Azure can help you deploy sites to a highly scalable environment, deploy and run virtual machines, and create highly scalable applications in a rich PaaS & IaaS environment. Give it a try! _________________ Abstract: In this episode of Practical Azure Jim O’Neil gives us an overview of Windows Azure HDInsight – the Apache Hadoop implementation hosted on Azure. Tune in as he covers the basics of HDInsight and how it correlates with the pillars of Big Data - Volume, Variety and Velocity – and then demos for us how to get started using Azure HDInsight. After watching this video, follow these next steps: Step #1 – Try Windows Azure: No cost. No obligation. Start your FREE trial now. Step #2 – Download the Tools for Windows 8 App Development Step #3 – Start building your own Apps for Windows 8 Subscribe to our podcast via iTunes or RSS If you're interested in learning more about the products or solutions discussed in this episode, click on any of the below links for free, in-depth information: Videos: (Part 1) Practical Azure with Jim O’Neil – Azure Basics (Part 2) Practical Azure with Jim O’Neil – What to do with Blobs? (Part 3) Practical Azure with Jim O’Neil–Why do we need Drives? (Part 4) Practical Azure with Jim O’Neil–Using the Content Delivery Network (CDN) (Part 5) Practical Azure with Jim O’Neil –Table Storage Overview (Part 6) Practical Azure with Jim O’Neil – Windows Azure SQL Database (Part 7) Practical Azure with Jim O’Neil – SQL Database Federations (Part 8) Practical Azure with Jim O’Neil –SQL Data Sync (Part 9) Practical Azure with Jim O’Neil – Windows Azure Web Sites (Part 10) Practical Azure with Jim O’Neil – Web Roles (Part 11) Practical Azure with Jim O’Neil – Worker Roles (Part 12) Practical Azure with Jim O’Neil – Caching (Part 13) Practical Azure with Jim O’Neil – Windows Azure Queue Storage (Part 14) Practical A
