In this chapter, we learned what cloud computing is and what cloud services do. We also saw which factors need to be checked before picking a cloud service. This chapter discussed the different cloud companies and the advantages of selecting Azure as our cloud service provider.
Some services provided by Azure were briefly introduced. The reader also saw a detailed process of registration. We learned about the Azure Machine Learning Studio and how it works, by implementing a modules work. We then moved to using R in the cloud. Blood donation data, Azure's built-in dataset, was adopted for our experimental purpose.
In the next chapter, we will discuss the paths in data-science career, ways to seek help and to improve your skills. ...
