Articles Microsoft Gives Details on Its Analytics Platform System By Derrick Martins on April 26, 2014 • ( Leave a comment ) By combining SQL Server and Hadoop, Microsoft is positioning APS as an affordable gateway to big data analytics for enterprises. Last week Microsoft officially released Analytics Platform System (APS), a SQL Server-based offering that leverages Hadoop that the company asserts changes the economics of gleaning business-boosting insights from massive stores of data. Share this:Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Related Categories: Articles Tagged as: Big Data, Business Analytics, Business Intelligence, Hadoop, Microsoft