Mit einer europaweit einheitlichen Bemessungsgrundlage für die Besteuerung von Unternehmen will die EU-Kommission die Steuerschlupflöcher für Apple, Google und andere Konzerne schließen. Es ist bereits der zweite Anlauf.
Quelle: Heise Tech News
We are pleased to announce the public preview of Microsoft Azure Analysis Services, the latest addition to our data platform in the cloud. Based on the proven analytics engine in SQL Server Analysis Services, Azure Analysis Services is an enterprise grade OLAP engine and BI modeling platform, offered as a fully managed platform-as-a-service (PaaS). Azure Analysis Services enables developers and BI professionals to create BI Semantic Models that can power highly interactive and rich analytical experiences in BI tools (such as Power BI and Excel) and custom applications.
Why Azure Analysis Services?
The success of any modern data-driven organization requires that information is available at the fingertips of every business user (not just IT professionals and data scientists) to guide their day-to-day decisions. Self-service BI tools have made huge strides in making data accessible to business users. However, most business users don’t have the expertise or desire to do the heavy lifting that is typically required to find the right sources of data, consume the raw data and transform it into the right shape, add business logic and metrics, and finally explore the data to derive insights. With Azure Analysis Services, a BI professional can create a semantic model over the raw data and share it with business users so that all they need to do is connect to the model and immediately explore the data and gain insights. Azure Analysis Services uses a highly optimized in-memory engine to provide responses to user queries at the "speed of thought".
Fully managed platform-as-a-service
Developers can create a server in seconds, choosing from the Developer (D1) or Standard (S1, S2, S4) service tiers. Each tier comes with fixed capacity in terms of query processing units and model cache. The developer tier (D1) supports up to 3GB model cache and the largest tier (S4) supports up to 100GB.
The Standard tiers offer dedicated capacity for predictable performance and are recommended for production workloads. The Developer tier is recommended for proof-of-concept, development, and test workloads.
Administrators can pause and resume the server at any time. No charges are incurred when the server is paused. We also plan to offer administrators the ability to scale up and down a server between the Standard tiers (not available currently).
Developers can use Azure Active Directory to manage user identity and role based security for their models.
The service is currently available in the South-Central US and West Europe regions. More regions will be added during the preview.
Compatible with SQL Server Analysis Services
Developers can use SQL Server Data Tools in Visual Studio for creating models and deploying them to the service. Administrators can manage the models using SQL Server Management Studio and investigate issues using SQL Server Profiler.
Business users can consume the models in any major BI tool. Supported Microsoft tools include Power BI, Excel, and SQL Server Reporting Services. Other MDX compliant BI tools can also be used, after downloading and installing the latest drivers.
The service currently supports tabular models (compatibility level 1200 only). Support for multidimensional models will be considered for a future release, based on customer demand.
Models can consume data from a variety of sources in Azure (e.g. Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse) and on-premises (e.g. SQL Server, Oracle, Teradata). Access to on-premises sources is made available through the on-premises data gateway.
Models can be cached in a highly optimized in-memory engine to provide fast responses to interactive BI tools. Alternatively, models can query the source directly using DirectQuery, thereby leveraging the performance and scalability of the underlying database or big data engine.
Get started with the Azure Analysis Services preview by imply provisioning a resource in the Azure Portal or using Azure Resource Manager templates, and using that server name in your Visual Studio project. Use Azure Active Directory user names (UPNs) or groups in the role memberships for securing access to your models. Give it a try and let us know what you think.
Learn more about Azure Analysis Services.
Quelle: Azure
Die deutschen Zeitungsverleger sehen durch das europäische Leistungsschutzrecht die Verlinkung von Inhalten nicht gefährdet. Die Kritik von EU-Abgeordneten an den Plänen sei “schleierhaft”. (Leistungsschutzrecht, Google)
Quelle: Golem
In ganz Europa wächst die Zahl der Beschäftigten in IT-Jobs, am stärksten jedoch in Deutschland. Das Land kommt nun auf 1,47 Millionen. (IT-Jobs, Studie)
Quelle: Golem
In rund 300 Arbeitsstunden hat ein Modder eine riesige Map für Doom 2 gebastelt. Durchschnittliche Spieler dürften um die drei Stunden benötigen, um alle Bestien darin zu finden und zu erledigen. (Doom, id Software)
Quelle: Golem
Mit dem DTEK60 bringt Blackberry einen neuen Vertreter seiner nach eigenen Angaben besonders sicheren Android-Smartphones auf den Markt. Das Gerät hat ein großes, hochauflösendes Display, einen schnellen Prozessor und eine 21-Megapixel-Kamera. (Blackberry, Smartphone)
Quelle: Golem
Die Lücken sind bekannt – neu ist, dass auch Android betroffen ist. Forscher zeigen, dass sich Angreifer und Nutzer Root-Rechte verschaffen können, indem sie die Dirty-Cow- oder die Rowhammer-Attacke durchführen. Betroffen sein dürften viele Geräte.
Quelle: Heise Tech News
The question “Why should businesses migrate to the cloud?” has long been answered. The tangible benefits are well documented.
Organizations are now forced to assess what type of cloud deployment best suits their needs. Be it the agility and affordability of a public cloud or the control and security of a private environment, there’s no one-size-fits-all answer, which is why it’s no surprise that 80 percent of enterprises are expected to commit to hybrid cloud architectures by 2017. But the route to hybrid cloud environment success is not without challenges. There are three steps to getting it right:
1. Select the right provider
The demand for flexibility, scalability and security hasn’t gone unheeded by hybrid cloud providers. A host of companies offer hosted and on-premises environments that enable businesses to leverage all the benefits of a public cloud service in a hosted or on-premises private cloud environment. But selecting the right provider is just one of the challenges that organizations need to overcome. Whether your business is looking to add cloud capability to its existing virtualized IT environment or its looking to bring private cloud elements to its existing public cloud set-up, compatibility with existing software and services is key. IBM Blue Box runs on the open-source cloud software platform OpenStack, which means that organizations can integrate Blue Box with their existing infrastructure without the need for translation and with no downtime.
2. Clearly identify your needs
The key to successfully deploying a hybrid cloud environment is aligning the cloud strategy with the desired business outcomes. Security remains a core consideration. If an organization’s data is subject to compliance regulations, it faces heavy fines if it fails to meet them. IBM Blue Box offers robust security features including authentication and identity management. Blue Box can integrate with existing, third-party customer IdP systems to ensure control of users and two-factor authentication. That means businesses can operate safe in the knowledge that their data is safe and complies with industry regulations and data sovereignty. Data can reside in-country, or wherever you need it; Blue Box has data centers throughout the world and can deploy hosted or on-premises solutions, providing a truly hybrid model.
3. Seamlessly manage your hybrid environment
For some businesses, the thought of IT teams having to juggle the management of both a private and public cloud infrastructure is perhaps the most daunting element of adopting a hybrid environment. IBM Blue Box provisions and manages organizations’ private clouds for them, leaving them to focus more on business-critical operations.
The benefits of a hybrid cloud environment are manifold: reduced costs, scalability to meet changing business needs, the ability to shift workloads between private and public environments and being able to isolate and protect business-critical data quickly and easily being just four examples. The choice to migrate is simple and with IBM Blue Box, so is navigating the challenges.
To find out more about IBM Blue Box, the OpenStack platform and learn how to ensure your business can reap the benefits of a hybrid cloud, watch our free webinar.
A version of this post originally appeared on LinkedIn.
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Quelle: Thoughts on Cloud
Today I am with over 600 of our federal, state and local government customers and partners at the Government Cloud Forum 2016, in Washington D.C. The Forum is queued to take our audiences through breakthrough technology and solutions impacting citizen engagement, the empowerment of government employees, how agencies can optimize their infrastructures and solutions, and the digital transformation of government services. With this in mind, I wanted to provide a few highlights from the Forum where we are speaking of our continued advancements.
Continued investment in comprehensive compliance – breadth and depth
I’m proud to cite how Azure Government offers the most compliance certifications and attestations for mission-critical government workloads than any other cloud service provider. We highlighted recent investments and compliance achievements. And, our continued commitment is further evidenced by Microsoft signing with the state of Georgia, bringing the total number of signed CJIS agreements to 24. This is four times more than our nearest competitor. We are also proud of the 13 Microsoft Azure Government Cloud services in our FedRAMP scope, including FedRAMP Moderate and High, for which we have achieved authorization, which is two times more services in scope than the nearest cloud service provider.
Tremendous Azure Government services momentum
Azure is committed to bringing breakthrough innovation, the strongest security and incredible new technology to government at the same pace we innovate for all customers, globally. In the past 90 days we have launched over 75 new Azure Government capabilities, and 25 new capabilities in October already. We have an exciting roadmap upcoming so expect to see more innovation in coming days, weeks and months for government.
I encourage you to go to today’s blog by Curt Kolcun, Vice President, US Public Sector for Microsoft, to read about all our announcements and our momentum for government customers and partners and the powerful, impactful transformations we are helping them accomplish every day.
To experience the power of Azure Government for your organization, sign up for an Azure Government Trial.
Quelle: Azure
Amazon will 1.000 weitere Beschäftigte einstellen, diesmal im Ruhrgebiet. Bezahlung und Arbeitsbedingungen bleiben dabei ein Thema. (Amazon, Verdi)
Quelle: Golem
