{"id":1523,"date":"2014-02-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/dataplatforminsider\/2014\/02\/06\/getting-trained-on-microsofts-expanding-data-platform\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:52:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:52:12","slug":"getting-trained-on-microsofts-expanding-data-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2014\/02\/06\/getting-trained-on-microsofts-expanding-data-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Trained on Microsoft\u2019s Expanding Data Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"

With data volumes exploding, having the right technology to find insights from your data is critical to long term success.\u00a0 Leading organizations are adjusting their strategies to focus on data management and analytics, and we are seeing a consistent increase in organizations adopting the Microsoft data platform to address their growing needs around data.\u00a0 The trend is clear: CIOs named business intelligence (BI) and analytics their top technology priority in 2012, and again in 2013.<\/sup>Gartner expects this focus to continue during 2014.<\/sup>2<\/sup><\/p>\n

At Microsoft, we have great momentum in the data platform space and we are proud to be recognized by analysts like IDC reporting that Microsoft SQL Server continues to be the unit leader and became the #2 database vendor by revenue.1 <\/sup>Microsoft was named a leader in both the Enterprise Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Waves by Forrester, 3,4<\/sup> and is named a leader in the OPDMS Magic quadrant. 5<\/sup><\/p>\n

The market is growing and Microsoft has great momentum in this space, so this is a great time to dig in and learn more about the technology that makes up our data platform through these great new courses in the Microsoft Virtual Academy.<\/p>\n

Microsoft\u2019s data platform products<\/b><\/h2>\n

Quentin Clark recently outlined our data platform vision<\/a>. This calendar year we will be delivering an unprecedented lineup of new and updated products and services:<\/p>\n