Google Embraces Multi-Cloud Clusters that Can Run Anywhere ... Even AWS
Anthos is an open platform that lets you run an app anywhere, without needing to modify the code, on existing on-premises hardware or in the public cloud.
2019-04-09
Cloud Computing
Transfer Data to the Cloud Using Azure Data Factory
In this tip we look at how to configure Azure Data Factory to move data from an on-premises SQL Server database to an Azure SQL Database.
2019-03-20
1,813 reads
Building a Collaborative Platform to Speed up Data Analysis
In this article, Feodor demonstrates the architecture, workflow, and some of the challenges of a collaborative platform (cloud foundation) for speeding up enterprises in their search for analytical power. He uses an example from the EA Billing solution, which was presented in the previous articles of the series.
2018-12-27
2,332 reads
Deleting Files in the Cloud
The public perception is that, when something is deleted, it no longer exists. Often that's not really the case; the data you serve up to the cloud can be stored out there indefinitely, no matter how hard to try to delete it. Rob Sheldon investigates, and finds the cloud a worryingly public place.
2014-10-09
8,992 reads
The Community Cloud
The 'Community Cloud' sounds, on first impression, like marketing-speak for some untried novelty, but in fact it is already around, and working well for governments and healthcare in particular. Bob Sheldon investigates, and is encouraged to find groups of organisations who have cooperated to create secure and resilient cloud-based services.
2014-09-05
8,236 reads
Private Cloud, What Is It and Why Do You Need It?
Even when organisations cannot make full use of public cloud for reasons of security or bandwidth limitations, many of the advantages of flexibility and rapid deployment can be made by providing a private cloud. Jaap Wesselius wonders if private clouds provide a new paradigm for enterprises.
2014-03-26
4,096 reads
An Interview with Amazon Web Services
A short interview with Sundar Raghavan of Amazon Web Services about SQL Server and their support and offerings of cloud data services.
2012-09-27
1,584 reads
Distributed Computing - Hybrid Systems Considerations
When the Cloud was new, it was often presented as an 'all or nothing' solution. Nowadays, the canny Systems Architect will exploit the best advantages of 'cloud' distributed computing in the right place, and use in-house services where most appropriate. So what are the issues that govern these architectural decisions?
2012-09-17
1,736 reads
Buck Woody's Cloud Howlers
We asked Buck Woody to come up with his favourite 'Cloud' Howlers. After 'Howler' monkeys, we are faced with Howler letters. Buck dreams of sending Howler letters to the folks who dreamed up the marketing hype around 'cloud' services, who misunderstand services, who don't prepares applications for distributed environments and so on.
2012-02-14
2,677 reads
Onboarding SQL Server Private Cloud Environment
This guide outlines the major considerations that must be taken into account when onboarding Microsoft® SQL Server® environments into a private cloud infrastructure.There is a strong trend in IT to virtualize servers whenever possible, driven by:1. Standardization2. Manageability3. IT agility and efficiency4. Consolidating servers reduces hardware, energy, and datacenter space utilization costs5. Virtualized environments allow new Disaster Recovery strategiesThe Hyper-V™ role in Windows Server® 2008 R2 provides a robust and cost-effective virtualization foundation to deliver these scenarios.However, there is significant risk in virtualizing SQL Server environments without giving careful consideration to the workloads being virtualized and the requirements of the server applications running on a Hyper-V environment.
2011-05-27
1,919 reads
Blogs
PASS Keynote Shots
By Steve Jones
Rodney Kidd took some great shots of the keynote and published an album here:...
Microsoft AI Red Teaming Course
By Brian Kelley
here is the compiled video of the Red Teaming course Microsoft put together.
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Day 2 kicked off with Matt Garman’s keynote, and he opened with a quote...
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