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June 2009 - Posts

• Viva Cloud! Viva!

  Lets face it – most IT systems don’t really work as well as we would like.  Surely by now we would have figured out how to build systems where you don’t have to have a different username/password for ever system accompanied by different ‘forgot password’ Read More... Posted 30 June 2009 14:48 by simon.munro | 0 Comments Filed under: Cloud, Enterprise Architecture, cloud computing

• SDS is an Option for Azure Persistence

  It was pointed out to me recently that my critical position on SQL Data Services and support for Azure in general are inconsistent, so I thought that a bit of clarification is required. SQL Server is my database of choice and have been using it since Read More... Posted 25 June 2009 16:28 by simon.munro | 2 Comments Filed under: Microsoft, Azure, Cloud, cloud computing, SQL Data Services

• Azures Unplayed Private Cloud Card

  In the battle of the public vs private clouds, the lines have been drawn between those that offer infrastructure for use in existing data centres and those that offer platforms and services in their own data centres.  The discussions, while technically Read More... Posted 11 June 2009 13:24 by simon.munro | 0 Comments Filed under: Microsoft, Azure, Cloud, cloud computing

• Insuring Cloud Risk

  Microsoft has been talking about the processes, procedures and certification in their data centres – responding to the need to provide a level of trust and confidence for customers wishing to run their applications on the Microsoft cloud.  The story Read More... Posted 04 June 2009 22:11 by simon.munro | 1 Comments Filed under: Cloud, cloud computing