Microsoft Reduces Azure Storage Pricing
As noted in my previous blog article, there is a price war going on for cloud services between the major players (Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Google, … Read More
Local Cloud is Becoming a Competitive Advantage
Thanks to fears about privacy, the NSA debacle, the Patriot Act, and various data sovereignty concerns around the world, there is a strong need for … Read More
Cloud Growth Rate = Many More Organizations Adopting Cloud Services
To understand why cloud is such an important trend right now, one just needs to look at the growth in cloud revenue globally. As of … Read More
A Wish List for Improved Azure and Office 365 Integration
Microsoft has two winning assets with Office 365 and Azure. Both are growing at very high rates right now as organizations adopt cloud technologies. Microsoft … Read More
Converting Text to Dates in PowerPivot
One of the most valuable dimensions to report on in any business intelligence context is date/time. In this example, I have the data feed that … Read More
Power Query Now Provides Support for Azure Table Storage
Storing data in SQL Server either locally or on Azure is expensive, especially for large datasets. Microsoft provides a few noSQL alternatives – Table Storage, … Read More
Cloud Pricing is a Race to the Bottom – How You Can Benefit…
Traditionally, hosting and managed services has been sold on fixed price contracts with steep discounts for those organizations who committed for multiple years. This is … Read More
Getting Started with Power BI
Microsoft Power BI for Office 365 is the upcoming release of Microsoft’s new BI toolset. Built on the existing Excel, SharePoint, Power View and Power … Read More
Microsoft is now Cloud First
Microsoft has moved its focus to the cloud and is actively promoting its cloud based services over its on premise software. Microsoft’s “Cloud First” approach … Read More
Creating a Web Site on Azure
In supporting the Microsoft cloud vision, I decided to create this blog using Microsoft’s Azure platform. It was surprisingly easy. Here are the key steps … Read More