Tag Archives: Cloud Computing

Azure is Down

Posted on February 29, 2012 by way0utwest

I saw a note about an outage on Windows Azure, apparently one that’s been going on for seven hours. Once again it seems that February 29 has struck again with a computer issue, and it makes me worry that if … Continue reading →

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The Cloud is good for your career

Posted on February 29, 2012 by way0utwest

I think most of us know that the world is not really a meritocracy. We know that the value of many things is not necessarily intrinsic to the item; value is based on perception. That’s a large part of the … Continue reading →

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No Cloud for Stack Exchange

Posted on January 25, 2012 by way0utwest

One very large and successful site in the technology world is the Stack Exchange collection of sites. They’ve grown and scales with relatively few people, and they have chosen to host thier own systems as opposed to moving to the … Continue reading →

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Cloud Safety

Posted on January 11, 2012 by way0utwest

One of the big concerns with databases and cloud computing is security. I recently ran across an article that asked the question, “how can you make sure your cloud provider can protect your data?”. There aren’t any guarantees, but there … Continue reading →

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