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• SQL Azure Use Case: Shared Data Hub

  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, April 05, 2011 8:10 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: SQL Azure, Data, Data Professional, Cloud, Azure, Cloud Computing, Concepts, Azure Use Cases

• Windows Azure Emulators On Your Desktop

  Many people feel they have to set up a full Azure subscription online to try out and develop on Windows Azure. But you don’t have to do that right away. In fact, you can download the Windows Azure Compute Emulator – a “cloud development Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 01, 2011 7:39 AM by BuckWoody | 3 Comments Filed under: Tips, Learning, Data, How I work, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Compute, Presentations

• Dealing with Data: Defining the Components to Tune

  I've been reading a fascinating article about the Large Hadron Collider, or LHC facility. It's a scientific research facility that houses a particle collider, which generates an incredible amount of data. Their original plan was to stream the data to Read More... Posted Thursday, September 02, 2010 6:21 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, Data

• Permanent storage – a myth or a requirement?

  I'm looking over some data retention strategy documents for a company, I noticed that they want to keep some data "forever". Now, beyond the quibble of determining how to store something for eternity, how permanent can data really be? There are atomic Read More... Posted Thursday, August 05, 2010 8:12 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, Data

• There is No Perfect Information

  I read a very interesting (and lengthy) article yesterday from Reuter’s ( you can find the whole thing here ) in which the author goes into some detail about people in the government that are self-described “data dogs”. I find it an interesting study Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 07, 2010 7:59 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, Data