Diving into big data services
Big data goes way beyond traditional data technologies, so it could have been placed under the MODERN top-level group. However, as stated before, it is easier to make it a separate group for the sake of clarity. In a nutshell, big data deals with data sets that are too large to be handled by traditional data technologies. The good news, however, is that the opposite is possible. You can use big data technologies to handle smaller volumes, and it is doable at an affordable price in the cloud. Figure 6.10 shows the big data landscape in Azure:
Figure 6.10 – Big data in Azure
As a preamble, we can say that Azure's data service masterpiece is Azure Synapse Analytics (ASA). ASA can be used for whatever data purpose you may have with Azure. Therefore, it's impossible to position it in a very specific place on the map. So, if you know nothing about Azure data services, you should consider ASA an all-in-one data service...
