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SQL SERVER DRILL DOWN
By moving suitable applications to the cloud, companies can remove the burden of worrying about areas such as hardware, high availability, and patching.
SQL AZURE is Microsoft's cloud-based relational database service hosted in their data centers, and it's got some DBAs worrying about the future. The more I look at the technology, however, the more I see practical applications for it and the less I think people should be concerned.
Working with smaller companies, I often find SQL Server struggling along without a specialist DBA. It is generally an exercise in keeping your head above water and hoping nothing fundamental goes wrong. By moving suitable applications to the cloud, companies can remove the burden of worying about areas such as hardware, high availability, and patching. Microsoft will manage resource allocation and transparent failover, but normal database and security administration is still in the hands of the IT department. You have...