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AzureCAT Blog - Moving to a new home
The AzureCAT blog is moving to a new home on Microsoft Tech Community! https://aka.ms/CAT This is our...
Date: 02/27/2019
Running Micro Focus Enterprise Server 4.0 in a Docker Container in Azure
A few months ago I posted a blog about how to setup Micro Focus Enterprise Server 4.0 and Enterprise...
Date: 02/27/2019
2018 Guidance from AzureCAT: SAP on the Microsoft Platform
This past year was a busy one for the AzureCATs. Here's a list of all the SAP guidance that was...
Date: 02/20/2019
NEW REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE: Batch scoring of Spark models on Azure Databricks
Our eighth AI reference architecture (on the Azure Architecture Center) is written by AzureCAT John...
Date: 02/18/2019
NEW: Mainframe Migration on the Azure Cloud Adoption Framework
The Cloud Adoption Framework (previously Fusion and Enterprise Cloud Adoption) launched on Monday,...
Date: 02/15/2019
CATwalk Author Bio: Larry Mead
The AzureCAT blog has moved! Find this blog post over on our new blog at the Microsoft Tech...
Date: 02/13/2019
NEW EXAMPLE SCENARIO: Accelerate digital image-based modeling on Azure
The AzureCAT blog has moved! Find this blog post over on our new blog at the Microsoft Tech...
Date: 02/08/2019
CATwalk Author Bio: Rakesh Patil
The AzureCAT blog has moved! Find this blog post over on our new blog at the Microsoft Tech...
Date: 02/07/2019
NEW REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE: Enterprise-grade conversational bot
The AzureCAT blog has moved! Find this blog post over on our new blog at the Microsoft Tech...
Date: 02/05/2019
NEW EXAMPLE SCENARIO: Movie recommendations on Azure
The AzureCAT blog has moved! Find this blog post over on our new blog at the Microsoft Tech...
Date: 02/04/2019
NEW REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE: Distributed training of deep learning models on Azure
The AzureCAT blog has moved! Find this blog post over on our new blog at the Microsoft Tech...
Date: 01/31/2019
NEW E-BOOK UPDATE: Parallel Virtual File Systems on Microsoft Azure
The AzureCAT blog has moved! Find this blog post over on our new blog at the Microsoft Tech...
Date: 01/29/2019
High Performance Computing on Azure - Portal
By combining Azure and its services with high performance computing (HPC), you can tap into...
Date: 01/25/2019
NEW E-BOOK: Install TmaxSoft OpenFrame on Azure
In this 44-page e-book, Steve Read (AzureCAT) and Manoj Aerroju (TmaxSoft) explain how to set up...
Date: 01/24/2019
Azure Data Architecture Guide – Blog #9: Extract, transform, load (ETL)
This is our ninth and final blog entry exploring the Azure Data Architecture Guide. The previous...
Date: 01/09/2019
NEW WHITEPAPER: Microsoft Azure Government cloud for mainframe applications
Planning an application migration is the ideal time to add value and agility to even...
Date: 01/04/2019
NEW EBOOK: Deploy Agisoft PhotoScan on Azure with Avere vFXT for Azure or BeeGFS
This 30-page eBook provides step-by-step guidance for installing Agisoft PhotoScan photogrammetry...
Date: 01/03/2019
Azure Data Architecture Guide – Blog #8: Data warehousing
In our eighth blog in this series, we'll continue to explore the Azure Data Architecture Guide. The...
Date: 12/24/2018
NEW REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE: Batch scoring of Python models on Azure
Our fifth AI Reference Architecture (on the Azure Architecture Center) comes from AzureCAT Said...
Date: 12/21/2018
NEW REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE: Build a real-time recommendation API on Azure
We have a new AI Reference Architecture (on the Azure Architecture Center) from AzureCATs Nikhil...
Date: 12/20/2018
Set up an Application Developers Controlled Distribution (ADCD) in IBM zD&T v12
In a post back in September, I described how to setup the IBM zD&T environment in Azure. The IBM...
Date: 12/17/2018
NEW AZURE REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE: Real-time scoring of R machine learning models
We have a new AI Reference Architecture (on the Azure Architecture Center) from AzureCAT Data...
Date: 12/13/2018
NEW AZURE REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE: Deploy highly available network virtual appliances - PIP-UDR NVAs without SNAT
How's that for a detailed title? Regardless, we have a new Reference Architecture (on the Azure...
Date: 12/11/2018
Azure Data Architecture Guide – Blog #7: Intelligent applications
We'll continue to delve into the Azure Data Architecture Guide with our seventh blog entry in this...
Date: 12/07/2018
CATwalk Author Bio: Marc van Eijk
Welcome to our first CATwalk Author Bio! We're the AzureCAT team. Since "CAT" stands for Customer...
Date: 12/03/2018
Datacenter Migration on Azure - Portal
Migrating on-premises applications to Azure provides organizations the benefits of a secured and...
Date: 11/30/2018
Azure Data Architecture Guide – Blog #6: Business intelligence
In this sixth blog entry, we'll continue to explore the Azure Data Architecture Guide. The previous...
Date: 11/29/2018
TWO NEW ARTICLES: IBM Db2 pureScale on Azure and Deploy IBM Db2 pureScale on Azure
Written by Larry Mead from AzureCAT. Edited by John Kaiser and Nanette Ray. Reviewed by Benjamin...
Date: 11/28/2018
Parallel Virtual File Systems on Microsoft Azure – Part 5: Monitoring and conclusion
Written by Kanchan Mehrotra, Tony Wu, and Rakesh Patil from AzureCAT. Reviewed by Solliance. Edited...
Date: 11/27/2018
Azure Data Architecture Guide – Blog #5: Clickstream analysis
We'll continue to delve into the Azure Data Architecture Guide with our fifth blog entry in this...
Date: 11/26/2018
Hybrid Cloud Architecture on Azure - Portal
UPDATED: 12/09/18 As cloud migration continues to evolve, hybrid architectures that enable companies...
Date: 11/21/2018
Hybrid Networking Reference Architectures
Written by Telmo Sampaio, Mike Wasson, and Christopher Bennage. Connect an on-premises network to...
Date: 11/20/2018
Parallel Virtual File Systems on Microsoft Azure – Part 4: BeeGFS on Azure
Written by Kanchan Mehrotra, Tony Wu, and Rakesh Patil from AzureCAT. Reviewed by Solliance. Edited...
Date: 11/19/2018
Mainframe Migration to Azure - Portal
UPDATED: 2/13/19 Mainframe systems were once the norm, but most companies are now looking to the...
Date: 11/16/2018
NEW REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE: Real-time scoring of Python Scikit-Learn and Deep Learning Models on Azure
Written by Mathew Salvaris, Fidan Boylu Uz, and Daniel Greece. Edited by Nanette Ray. Reviewed by...
Date: 11/15/2018
Set up Micro Focus CICS BankDemo for Micro Focus Enterprise Developer 4.0 in Azure
In a previous blog post I outlined the steps to set up Micro Focus Enterprise Server 4.0 and...
Date: 11/14/2018
Azure Data Architecture Guide – Blog #4: Hybrid data architecture
In this fourth blog entry, we'll continue to explore the Azure Data Architecture Guide. The entries...
Date: 11/14/2018
NEW WHITEPAPER: Structured review of Azure architectures
Performing an Azure architecture review is no longer an activity limited to experts. This paper...
Date: 11/13/2018
Guidance and framework for running HPC applications on Azure
Get started running your Big Compute workloads on Azure! The AzureCAT HPC team is proud to announce...
Date: 11/12/2018
Parallel Virtual File Systems on Microsoft Azure – Part 3: GlusterFS on Azure
Written by Kanchan Mehrotra, Tony Wu, and Rakesh Patil from AzureCAT. Reviewed by Solliance. Edited...
Date: 11/09/2018
NEW WHITEPAPER: Enterprise Cloud Control Plane Planning
Many enterprise IT groups dream of unifying their various automation processes. This guide tells how...
Date: 11/08/2018
Azure Data Architecture Guide – Blog #3: Advanced analytics and deep learning
We'll continue to explore the Azure Data Architecture Guide with our third blog entry in this...
Date: 11/07/2018
NEW REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE: Batch scoring on Azure for deep learning models
Written by JS Tan from AzureCAT. Reviewed by Mike Wasson. Batch scoring on Azure for deep learning...
Date: 11/06/2018
NEW WHITEPAPER: Demystifying mainframe to Azure migration
Customers are looking for a mainframe alternative capable of delivering equivalent functionality and...
Date: 11/05/2018
CATpapers
UPDATED: 2/7/19 Over the years, AzureCAT has published a lot of content on GitHub, on our Docs...
Date: 11/02/2018
NEW EXAMPLE SCENARIO: Web Application Monitoring on Azure
Written by Shawn Gibbs and Nanette Ray from AzureCAT. Reviewed by Mike Wasson, Ed Price, and Tim...
Date: 10/10/2018
Solidsoft Reply - Microsoft Azure technical customer story
We're proud to present this Microsoft Azure technical customer story: Microsoft Case Study On the...
Date: 09/26/2018
Design considerations for hybrid applications - Summary & Learn more
This article was authored by AzureCAT Marc van Eijk. It was edited by Bruce Hamilton and reviewed by...
Date: 09/23/2018
Design considerations for hybrid applications - Security
This article was authored by AzureCAT Marc van Eijk. It was edited by Bruce Hamilton and reviewed by...
Date: 09/23/2018