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I mentioned yesterday in my blog entry Are database pros relevant on the RESTful web? that I’d be doing more blogging related to cloud computing and here is the first one. it regards SQL Server Data Services (SSDS). I’ve been using SSDS for a few months and during that time I’ve managed to create a lot of junk up in that there cloud….I’ve ...

Last Friday at Conchango’s latest community day (something we have every 6 weeks where all of our 250 consultants down tools and get together back at base) I ran a cloud computing demo where I showed off some of the capabilities of SQL Server Data Services (SSDS). The demo used a .Net console application to create a new SSDS Authority (i.e. a ...

I recently got accepted onto the SQL Server Data Services (SSDS) beta program and have been getting to grips with the how, what and why of the service. For those that don't know SSDS is a cloud computing platform from Microsoft that allows us to store data in the cloud rather than host it on our own database servers. The data is ...

I have been keeping a close eye on machinations in the SQL Server Data Services (SSDS) arena and whilst the product hasn't reached the masses yet (I'm still waiting for my beta invite - hint hint) there is a still a lot of activity going on. There is a very active blog called The Long Term Storecast ...

SQL Server Data Services (SSDS) and Live Mesh are the two technologies that are uppermost in my mind at the moment. [My thoughts on SSDS are here and on Live Mesh here.] Hence then it didn't take me long to start wondering about the value of the two of them being integrated together. SSDS is a data storage platform and Live Mesh is a data ...

From Amazon SimpleDB documentation: Eventual Consistency Amazon SimpleDB keeps multiple copies of each domain. When data is written or updated [...] and Success is returned, all copies of the data are updated. However, it takes time for the update to propagate to all storage locations. The data will eventually be consistent, ...

Have you noticed yet that I'm getting excited about SSDS? More information is trickling out about SSDS day by day. Yesterday there was a presentation on SSDS at MIX08 by Nigel Ellis which was more in-depth than anything I'd seen or heard before because it talks about the underlying architecture that will be supporting this. Take this typical ...

OK, as a follow-up to my last post I've now taken the time to read the SQL Server Data Services (SSDS) whitepaper and have managed to discern some interesting information. I figured I'd stick it up here for reference.   Administration Customers will be billed by account and each account will be accessed using a Windows Live ID The ...

I don't care what any of you say, by far the most exciting announcement from today's MIX08 keynote was SQL Server Data Services (SSDS). [OK, I admit I may be in a minority on this one and I strongly suspect my colleagues in Conchango's Interactive Media team will disagree but hey, this is my blog and I'll say what I like :)] I won't go into ...