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Published inSep 2023
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Dr. Logan Song
Dr. Logan Song
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Dr. Logan Song

Dr. Logan Song is the enterprise cloud director and chief cloud architect at Dito. With 25+ years of professional experience, Dr. Song is highly skilled in enterprise information technologies, specializing in cloud computing and machine learning. He is a Google Cloud-certified professional solution architect and machine learning engineer, an AWS-certified professional solution architect and machine learning specialist, and a Microsoft-certified Azure solution architect expert. Dr. Song holds a Ph.D. in industrial engineering, an MS in computer science, and an ME in management engineering. Currently, he is also an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, teaching cloud computing and machine learning courses.
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Azure cloud databases

While an Azure data lake stores raw data, an Azure database usually stores formatted data. Azure offers cloud database services categorized into relational databases and NoSQL databases.

Azure cloud relational databases

Like AWS and GCP, Azure offers three options for cloud relational database deployment and usage:

  • Azure SQL virtual machines: SQL Server built on Azure virtual machines. This is an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud service and thus you will have control of the database edition, version, and size. You will also be fully responsible for managing the virtual machine, including patching and other configuration management. More information is available at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/virtual-machines/sql-server.
  • Azure SQL managed instances: This is the best for migrating on-premises SQL databases to the cloud. It serves the purpose of migrating many apps from on-premises to a fully managed Platform-as-a-Service...
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Dr. Logan Song

Dr. Logan Song is the enterprise cloud director and chief cloud architect at Dito. With 25+ years of professional experience, Dr. Song is highly skilled in enterprise information technologies, specializing in cloud computing and machine learning. He is a Google Cloud-certified professional solution architect and machine learning engineer, an AWS-certified professional solution architect and machine learning specialist, and a Microsoft-certified Azure solution architect expert. Dr. Song holds a Ph.D. in industrial engineering, an MS in computer science, and an ME in management engineering. Currently, he is also an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, teaching cloud computing and machine learning courses.
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