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January 2010 - Posts

• Where Microsoft StreamInsight Fits In

  As SQL Experts and DBAs start looking at what is new in SQL 2008 R2, they inevitably try and figure out where StreamInsight comes from and how it fits into their existing view of the database world.  The short answer is that the confusion is unnecessary Read More... Posted 25 January 2010 11:29 by simon.munro | 5 Comments

• What Clouds Can Learn From Airlines

  There has been a lot of discussion about whether or not Amazon EC2 is oversubscribed and as Reuven Cohen points out , oversubscription is used across a variety of services and industries.  The most widely accepted and understood oversubscription Read More... Posted 18 January 2010 13:39 by simon.munro | 0 Comments Filed under: Cloud, cloud computing, Amazon EC2, architecture, Virtualization

• Environmentally Unfriendly Side Effects of Cloud Computing

  Cloud computing is obviously green and good for the environment.  For example, Computing power located near green resources – hydroelectric power or other renewable resources like they have in Iceland.  Elasticity - resources don’t have to sit Read More... Posted 12 January 2010 13:09 by simon.munro | 4 Comments Filed under: Cloud, cloud computing, climate change, architecture

• Cloud Computing is a Consulting Business

  In a world where growth is scarce, a small glimmer of growth is hidden in the analyst predictions that cloud computing will continue to grow more than any other technology in the IT sector in 2010.  How this will happen and who will be spending the Read More... Posted 04 January 2010 16:43 by simon.munro | 0 Comments Filed under: Cloud, cloud computing, consulting