by ray | Nov 14, 2018 | Azure, Microsoft
As I woke up early morning I read news about the Azure South Central US Datacenter outage caused by cooling problems. On Linkedin I saw multiple posts from Azure experts that DR should have been implemented for the applications and databases. There were multiple...
by ray | Nov 9, 2018 | Azure, Microsoft
A look inside a Microsoft data center in Cheyenne, Wyo. (Microsoft Photo) On September 4, 2018 around 230am Pacific Time, Microsoft identified problems with the cooling systems in one part of its Texas data center complex, which caused a spike in temperature and...
by ray | Oct 18, 2018 | Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon, Azure, Google, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft
AWS t2.nano or t3.nano (1 vCPU, 0.5 MB RAM) – $27/year Important Consideration t2 and t3 unlimited – https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/burstable-performance-instances-unlimited-mode.html Azure B1s (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM) – $71/year...
by ray | Oct 4, 2018 | Azure, Education, General News, Microsoft
What is Azure for Students Starter? Azure for Students Starter gets you started with the Azure products you need to develop in the cloud at no cost to you*. This benefit provides you access to a free tier of the following services: Azure App Services—A fully-managed...
by ray | Sep 27, 2018 | Azure, Amazon, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft
While Amazon continues to perform brilliantly in the cloud, it simply can’t keep pace with #1 Microsoft–and the gap is widening. (Photo by Aytac Unal/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (Note: After an award-winning career in the media business covering the tech industry,...
by ray | Jul 17, 2018 | Azure, Microsoft, Tech News
Five-year agreement will leverage a broad base of cloud, AI and IoT solutions for enterprise-wide use BENTONVILLE, Ark. and REDMOND, Wa. – July 17, 2018 – Today, Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) announced it is establishing a strategic partnership with Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq...
