Tag Archives: Cloud Computing

Four Years Later

Posted on October 16, 2013 by way0utwest

Yesterday I republished a piece on cloud computing, and I was struck by a sentence in the piece. I had written ” Paul Nielsen says inside of 2 years we’ll be leaning cloud first, local server second and in 5 hosting your own … Continue reading →

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The Cloud of Destiny

Posted on October 14, 2013 by way0utwest

This editorial was originally published on Mar 15, 2009. It is being re-run as Steve is away on the 2013 SQL in the City tour. Is it inevitable that SQL Server will move to the cloud? In a word, yes. But … Continue reading →

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If we can do it, so can you

Posted on September 16, 2013 by way0utwest

We hear constantly about the benefits, and potential pitfalls of cloud based applications. There are certainly reasons to move to the cloud, or stay away, depending on your particular situation and requirements. However one thing I hadn’t thought was viable … Continue reading →

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Provisioning

Posted on May 24, 2013 by way0utwest

At a talk recently, the presenter talked about the time lag for an on-premises server to be installed and configured to be on the order of months. Not that many, but it could easily be six months. That seems crazy, … Continue reading →

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