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Ted Kummert announced on 10/12/2011 in his PASS Summit 2011 keynote a partnership with Hortonworks to port Apache Hadoop to SQL Azure by the end of 2011. From the Microsoft Expands Data Platform With SQL Server 2012, New Investments for Managing Any Data, Any Size, Anywhere press release of the same date: Microsoft is committed to helping customers manage any data, any size, anywhere with the SQL Server data platform, Windows Server and Windows Azure. Hortonworks has a rich history in leading the design and development of Apache Hadoop. Their experience and expertise in

this space helps us accelerate our delivery of our Hadoop based distribution on Windows Server and Windows Azure while maintaining compatibility and interoperability with the broader ecosystem. Ted posted Microsoft Expands Data Platform to Help Customers Manage the ‘New Currency of the Cloud’ at 9:00 AM: This morning, I gave a keynote at the PASS Summit 2011 here in Seattle, a gathering of about 4,000 IT professionals and developers worldwide. I talked about Microsoft’s roadmap for helping customers manage and analyze any data, of any size, anywhere -- on premises, and...(Read whole news on source site)