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SQL Azure Videos
Since I have been railing on SQL Azure lately, I thought I could share with you some of the videos you can watch for free over at MSDN. In case you were not aware, there is a LOT of free content over at MSDN and I am trying to utilize it more and more these [...]
Find Tables That Are Missing a Clustered Index
Today I had the need to find tables in a database that did not have a clustered index defined. Why would I have such a need? That’s a great question.
Anyway, I set about with a few basic questions for myself such as “Self, how many tables are there?” So I did what I normally do [...]
Cloud Computing Conference
I took part in a one day conference today on cloud computing. It took place at the Harvard Club in Boston, which was an interesting choice to have the event. I had never been to the Harvard Club before, and I enjoyed the history displayed all around me. I did not wear a coat and [...]
Patching SQL Azure
When the Cloud breaks, who fixes it? Why, the people who are responsible for maintaining it, right? And that person would not be you, so why do you care? And how do you patch a cloud, anyway? What do you do when the silver lining rips apart? Oh, nevermind.
So then, when does it get patched? [...]
Something Old, Something New…
Something smells rotten in Denmark (it’s probably all that cheese).
This past weekend I started thinking about what it really means to have your databases hosted in the cloud. My first thought was that it struck me as being exactly the same as an Application Service Provider. I mean, MS SQL is an application, right? And you [...]
Carbon Footprints
Apparently, someone is concerned with Google searches:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10140142-54.html
Now, why are they focusing on Google? I mean, how many hits a day does Amazon.com get? Why pick on Google? What about MSN.com? (I would ask about Live Search but chances are not enough people bother using that for it to matter as far as power consumption.)
I recall [...]
Cloud Architecture
Some good info in the latest Architectural Journal about cloud computing. I especially like the concern about how your train system could be late because of a strike. Apparently, such events are common in parts of Europe.
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