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• Windows Azure Use Case: Supplementing Infrastructure

  I’ve explained before that Windows Azure is a Platform as a Service - at its simplest, that means that you write software and Azure runs it for you. But what if you are a shop that normally buys “off the shelf” software, and the only software you write Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 01, 2011 7:22 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: SQL Azure, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Azure Use Cases

• Big Data and the Cloud - More Hype or a Real Workload?

  Last week Microsoft announced several new offerings for “Big Data” - and since I’m a stickler for definitions, I wanted to make sure I understood what that really means. What is “Big Data”? What size hard drive is that? After all, my laptop has 1TB of Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 18, 2011 7:57 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Developer, Microsoft, DBA, SQL Server, Career, SQL Azure, Conferences, PASS, SQLServer, Data, Data Professional, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Storage, Concepts, Azure Use Cases, Policy Based Management

• SQL Azure Use Case: Department Application Data Store

  This is one in a series of posts on when and where to use a distributed architecture design in your organization's computing needs. You can find the main post here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckwoody/archive/2011/01/18/windows-azure-and-sql-azure-use-cases.aspx Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 22, 2011 7:17 AM by BuckWoody | 2 Comments Filed under: SQL Azure, Azure, Windows Azure, Azure Use Cases

• Windows Azure Use Case: Infrastructure Limits

  This is one in a series of posts on when and where to use a distributed architecture design in your organization's computing needs. You can find the main post here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckwoody/archive/2011/01/18/windows-azure-and-sql-azure-use-cases.aspx Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 08, 2011 7:34 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Web, SQL Azure, Azure, Windows Azure, Application Architecture, Azure Use Cases

• Windows Azure Use Case: Hybrid Applications

  This is one in a series of posts on when and where to use a distributed architecture design in your organization's computing needs. You can find the main post here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckwoody/archive/2011/01/18/windows-azure-and-sql-azure-use-cases.aspx Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 22, 2011 12:44 PM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Design, Web, SQL Azure, Link Lists, Links, Computing, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Concepts, Azure Use Cases, SOA

• Windows Azure Use Case: Web Applications

  This is one in a series of posts on when and where to use a distributed architecture design in your organization's computing needs. You can find the main post here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckwoody/archive/2011/01/18/windows-azure-and-sql-azure-use-cases.aspx Read More... Posted Monday, February 14, 2011 10:22 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Web, SQL Azure, Link Lists, Links, Computing, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Concepts, Compute, Azure Use Cases, SOA