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May 2009 - Posts

• Cloud Storage and the Local Loop

  Of all the EMC press releases that appeared last week, it was this one on some ‘New Cloud Storage Service’ that caught my eye.  Not because I know anything about cloud storage however, it was the mention of AT&T, as a major telecoms provider, Read More... Posted 27 May 2009 16:19 by simon.munro | 0 Comments Filed under: cloud computing, EMC, Storage

• DBA Baiting

  Jamie and I gave presentations last night at the London SQL Server users group.  It was a good evening but I think I managed to upset about half the people there.  I suppose when your first two slides are these… …then you can expect a bit of Read More... Posted 22 May 2009 12:08 by simon.munro | 2 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, User Group, SQL CLR, Azure, cloud computing

• London SQL Server User Group in the clouds this week

  On Thursday this week Jamie Thomson (of SSIS Junkie fame) and I will be presenting at the London SQL Server User Group which will be held at Microsoft’s offices in Cardinal Place and you can still register for the event online.  The pre-planned topic Read More... Posted 18 May 2009 14:37 by simon.munro | 0 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, SQL Server 2008, Cloud, cloud computing, SDS

• My ad-lib views on SQL Data Services

  At the SQLBits IV conference Andrew Fryer suckered cornered convinced me to sit down with him and talk a bit about SQL Data Services and the cloud.  This video was totally unprepared and done in a single take so the results are not canned at all.  Read More... Posted 14 May 2009 17:00 by simon.munro | 0 Comments

• Deferring Costs to Future Generations

  Our leaders are doing it – spending large sums of money now bailing out banks with the assumption that one day, when the recession is over, that there will be someone to pick up the tab. And as individuals we are doing the same thing – if my boiler were Read More... Posted 07 May 2009 14:55 by simon.munro | 6 Comments Filed under: Project Management, Agile, Career, TDD

• SQL Data Services Lacks a Compelling Business Case

  As much as I avidly support cloud technologies and as much as I prefer using SQL Server, I can’t come up with a convincing reason to use or recommend SQL Data Services. SDS simply has no compelling (or obvious) business case. The reason for this is a Read More... Posted 05 May 2009 16:51 by simon.munro | 0 Comments Filed under: Microsoft, Cloud, cloud computing, SDS, SQL Data Services