We're serious about supporting open-source big data on Azure, says Microsoft

John Leonard
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'We want to support all the tools and frameworks our customers are using' says data platform marketing director Tiffany Wissner

Microsoft's senior director of data platform marketing, Tiffany Wissner, says that the company's conversion to the open-source cause is genuine and customers have no need to fear about being locked...

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