Comments on: Think Way Outside the box – Microsoft’s Azure into cloud computing http://doubleclix.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/microsofts-azure/ A technologist's view of things ... Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:06:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Curt http://doubleclix.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/microsofts-azure/#comment-1437 Curt Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:46:15 +0000 http://doubleclix.wordpress.com/?p=160#comment-1437 Interesting. Ray calls clouds “overdraft protection for your web site” So, I checked out the "think way outside the box" URL... which lead me to microsoftpdc.com... and firefox gave me the standard "The server at www.microsoftpdc.com is taking too long to respond." timeout error. Hmm. I think that Microsoft's cloud/azure/... site could use some "overdraft protection" themselves. Interesting.
Ray calls clouds “overdraft protection for your web site”

So, I checked out the “think way outside the box” URL… which lead me to microsoftpdc.com… and firefox gave me the standard “The server at http://www.microsoftpdc.com is taking too long to respond.” timeout error.

Hmm. I think that Microsoft’s cloud/azure/… site could use some “overdraft protection” themselves.

]]> By: bfpower http://doubleclix.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/microsofts-azure/#comment-1435 bfpower Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:07:36 +0000 http://doubleclix.wordpress.com/?p=160#comment-1435 I run the chance of being stupid when I say this, but they are overestimating. Microsoft is simply desperate to look like innovators. They are trying to grab the mainstream cloud computing market before it really takes hold. At any rate, it could easily be ten or more years before heavily regulated businesses such as healthcare and finance can possibly move this kind of cloud computing, barring some major event that makes the move necessary. As someone who works in IT in the healthcare sector, I can tell you that the ramifications of having someone else store your data (and you access it through the cloud) are pretty severe. But more power to them - prove me wrong and I'll be happy. I will be interested to see how this turns out, but I am disappointed to see MS trying to cash in (once again) on something they didn't start. I run the chance of being stupid when I say this, but they are overestimating. Microsoft is simply desperate to look like innovators. They are trying to grab the mainstream cloud computing market before it really takes hold.

At any rate, it could easily be ten or more years before heavily regulated businesses such as healthcare and finance can possibly move this kind of cloud computing, barring some major event that makes the move necessary. As someone who works in IT in the healthcare sector, I can tell you that the ramifications of having someone else store your data (and you access it through the cloud) are pretty severe.

But more power to them – prove me wrong and I’ll be happy.

I will be interested to see how this turns out, but I am disappointed to see MS trying to cash in (once again) on something they didn’t start.

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