I've been quiet on this blog for a while - and now you know why. I've been spending the past few years working on something very special "Azure Data Lake"
Today's announcement is the first step in a journey to help bring a "data culture" to everyone.
Azure Data Lake
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/solutions/data-lake/
Announcement on the SQL Server Blog
http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2015/09/28/microsoft-expands-azure-data-lake-to-unleash-big-data-productivity.aspx
Introducing U-SQL
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2015/09/28/introducing-u-sql.aspx
ZDNet
http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsft-fleshes-out-its-azure-data-lake-plans-readies-public-preview/