Browse by Tags

• Azure
• SkyNet
• SQL Data Services
• SSDS
• vaporware

• A couple of reasons I won't be moving my databases to the cloud anytime soon

  Let's beat this horse to death once again shall we, Paul Nielsen wrote about SQL in the cloud already here: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/paul_nielsen/archive/2009/02/24/sql-in-the-cloud.aspx where he made the following prediction: In five years time, hosting Read More... Posted Thursday, May 07, 2009 1:04 PM by Denis Gobo | 10 Comments Filed under: SSDS, cloud computing

• SQL Server In The Cloud Vaporware Or Inevitable?

  After Paul Nielsen post SQL in the Cloud yesterday I decided to put on my Nostradamus hat and give you my take on this. What needs to happen before we can move to the cloud? There are a couple of things, here is a partial list Performance has to be good Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2009 11:47 AM by Denis Gobo | 6 Comments Filed under: cloud computing, vaporware

• SQL Server Application and Multi-server Private CTP Announced

  Microsoft is looking for participants in entities with at least 1 DBA, more than 25 PCs, and SQL Server installations across their organization. As part of SQL Server “Kilimanjaro”, they have announced baseline investments for application and multi-server Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 02, 2008 9:25 PM by Denis Gobo | 1 Comments Filed under: cloud computing, SkyNet

• Microsoft SQL Data Services public CTP announced

  The Microsoft SQL Data Services public CTP has been announced. Microsoft® SQL Data Services (SDS) offers highly scalable and Internet-facing distributed database services in the cloud for storing and processing relational queries. SDS can help you develop Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:03 PM by Denis Gobo | 2 Comments Filed under: cloud computing, Azure, SQL Data Services

• Run Microsoft Windows Server And SQL Server on Amazon EC2

  Amazon made an annoucement today that you will be able to run Microsoft Windows Server And SQL Server on Amazon EC2. Starting later this Fall, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2 ) will offer you the ability to run Microsoft Windows Server or Microsoft Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 5:46 PM by Denis Gobo | 3 Comments Filed under: cloud computing