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What is Azure Cosmos DB? Azure Cosmos DB is Microsoft’s latest multi-model database which can be distributed globally across any geographic region. Launched in 2017, Azure Cosmos DB is enhanced over and above its predecessor- Azure DocumentDB. Cosmos DB manages to excel and improvise over other players in the market via adherence to Service Level Agreements (SLAs) in terms of their performance including throughput, availability, and consistency. It is available to try Free of charge without any subscription or commitment. Azure Cosmos DB Architecture To understand the key functionalities of Azure, it is important to analyze its underlying architecture from a high level: The figure above clearly indicates how Azure Cosmos DB functions in the data layer. Drilling down to the basics will yield more information on its Scalability, Resilience and Availability making it the front-runner for databases today. Azure Cosmos DB vs. Architectural Styles To understand the benefits o...

By the end of this year, spending on IT infrastructure products to be deployed in cloud environments will be $37.1 billion, International Data Corporation predicts. According to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly  Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker , released this month, enterprise spending on  Cloud Services  will increase about 15 percent over last year. Public cloud infrastructure makes up the largest piece of the pie, with spending in that arena expected to be $23.3 billion, a nearly 19 percent increase. One of the main reasons behind the exponential growth of Cloud market is association of Cloud with Hadoop. There have been hot discussions about running Hadoop in Cloud environments, while Amazon’s Elastic MapReduce continued with enhancements with its base platform, Azure too came with HDInsights’ improvizations. Increasing awareness about Hadoop in Cloud also bought some limelight to the projects like Apache Whirr and Netflix’s Genie. Recent announcements at the Hadoo...