I've been reading about SQL Azure for an hour now. It seems like, since my company already has purchased SQL Server databases out on the net somewhere that we can...

This is a GREAT idea. I am such a dummy for not thinking of this. In this scenario, the connections do, indeed, come from one location/ip address.

Awesome, awesome, awesome.

And I...

OK, one last idea to kick around on this one.

Does anyone know of a technology out there that allows for a decentralized database akin to bittorrent but for any kind...

Well, crap. I can see where you are right about that.

I think I am going to go the way of web services as that article outlines. If they are going...

I can handle the security in such a scenario as there are no complications in this who deal. It just needs to be able to fire off pre-defined (nothing dynamic)...

So there is no reliable way to expose JUST pieces to the outside world such as with a web service?

I guess I was under the impression that this could be...

Good question, I forgot to mention that: No VPNs allowed out from this particular network. It is "locked down" although they still allow internet access and other junk.

I agree that...