Designing Big Data Solutions with Azure

The previous chapter explored container hosting and orchestration with Azure Kubernetes Service. Now we can change gears a bit and explore big data solutions.

In today’s data-driven world, the ability to harness the vast amounts of information produced daily is more than just an advantage—it’s a necessity. Data has become the lifeblood of organizations, providing the foundation for decisions and strategies. However, the sheer volume of data generated today—dubbed big data—presents unique challenges.

In this chapter, we will discuss big data in the context of data warehousing and advanced analytics and talk about solutions that allow us to use large amounts of data. With big data analytics, organizations can access more and higher-quality data, leading to better decision-making. It allows companies to base their decisions on hard data rather than intuition or observation.

Businesses can utilize big data...