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August 2009 - Posts

• SQLBits Goes West and SQLBits IV Videos

  SQLBits, the free community organized conference, is happening from 19th to 21st November 2009 somewhere in Wales.  I haven’t been to Wales in November, but I reckon it will be raining, so it is good that it is at some posh-looking resort that will Read More... Posted 27 August 2009 16:10 by simon.munro | 0 Comments

• Amazon Opens Pandora’s Box of Cloud Definitions

  I am enjoying the furore around the definition that has erupted around the recent announcement by Amazon about their Virtual Private Cloud offering.  Amazon has used their position as the de-facto market gorillas in the cloud market to swiftly redefine Read More... Posted 27 August 2009 15:51 by simon.munro | 0 Comments Filed under: Cloud, cloud computing, Amazon

• A New PaaS Player on the Horizon

  The announcement that VMWare is to acquire SpringSource has surprised the cloud market and opens up an interesting avenue of competition in the PaaS (Platform as a Service) market. Disclosure and disclaimer :  I work for EMC Consulting, which is Read More... Posted 11 August 2009 16:09 by simon.munro | 0 Comments Filed under: Cloud, cloud computing

• Windows Azure Chat Nuggets

  Steve Marx (@smarx) rustled up a live chat this evening (9pm my time) between some people on the development team and us developers out in the wild.  It was an interesting opportunity to hear from the Azure team and other developers that are looking Read More... Posted 07 August 2009 22:26 by simon.munro | 2 Comments Filed under: Azure, Cloud, cloud computing

• Explaining Cloud Application Issues to Developers

  Last week was with a senior developer and he asked me “I enjoy your blog posts but I don’t really get what it is that you are going on about wit the cloud”.  Since it was a Friday around lunchtime and we happened to be drinking overpriced beer at Read More... Posted 04 August 2009 14:09 by simon.munro | 0 Comments Filed under: Cloud, cloud computing