Comments on: Shhhhh… Microsoft Azure Cloud Storage SLA http://www.itdependsblog.com/2010/01/13/sshhhhh-microsoft-cloud-storage-sla/ Because nothing is certain Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:51:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Breaking News: Microsoft Lifts the NDA on Azure Cloud Storage Services SLA! « Enterprise Strategy Group http://www.itdependsblog.com/2010/01/13/sshhhhh-microsoft-cloud-storage-sla/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Breaking News: Microsoft Lifts the NDA on Azure Cloud Storage Services SLA! « Enterprise Strategy Group Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:56:09 +0000 http://www.itdependsblog.com/?p=193#comment-393 [...] it to take the NDA language off of the Azure cloud storage service SLA website.  Two days after I blogged, the topic was picked up by The Register (here) and blogged about here by Roger Jennings at Oakleaf [...] [...] it to take the NDA language off of the Azure cloud storage service SLA website.  Two days after I blogged, the topic was picked up by The Register (here) and blogged about here by Roger Jennings at Oakleaf [...]

]]> By: Breaking News: Microsoft Lifts the NDA on Azure Cloud Storage Services SLA! « IT Depends http://www.itdependsblog.com/2010/01/13/sshhhhh-microsoft-cloud-storage-sla/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Breaking News: Microsoft Lifts the NDA on Azure Cloud Storage Services SLA! « IT Depends Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:41:28 +0000 http://www.itdependsblog.com/?p=193#comment-391 [...] it to take the NDA language off of the Azure cloud storage service SLA website.  Two days after I blogged, the topic was picked up by The Register (here) and blogged about here by Roger Jennings at Oakleaf [...] [...] it to take the NDA language off of the Azure cloud storage service SLA website.  Two days after I blogged, the topic was picked up by The Register (here) and blogged about here by Roger Jennings at Oakleaf [...]

]]> By: Nybbles for the end of the week « The NetWorker Blog http://www.itdependsblog.com/2010/01/13/sshhhhh-microsoft-cloud-storage-sla/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Nybbles for the end of the week « The NetWorker Blog Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:53:36 +0000 http://www.itdependsblog.com/?p=193#comment-385 [...] at IT Depends, I found Terri McClure’s views on Microsoft’s requirements for accessing their Azure SLAs to be the same as mine – staggeringly stupid. (According to Microsoft Fanboy site The Register, [...] [...] at IT Depends, I found Terri McClure’s views on Microsoft’s requirements for accessing their Azure SLAs to be the same as mine – staggeringly stupid. (According to Microsoft Fanboy site The Register, [...]

]]> By: Preston de Guise http://www.itdependsblog.com/2010/01/13/sshhhhh-microsoft-cloud-storage-sla/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Preston de Guise Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:12:36 +0000 http://www.itdependsblog.com/?p=193#comment-378 Microsoft are certainly not unique in this inability to openly discuss SLAs and compliance when it comes to public cloud infrastructure (or even virtual/private clouds hosted externally). The failure they were by proxy associated with last year, the Danger/T-Mobile/Sidekick debacle, should make them abundantly aware of the need for open and transparent discussions to garner trust. They seem instead to be operating like so many other public cloud vendors of working on the basis that they can engender trust by slapping a "Cloud" logo somewhere on their kit. I was relieved recently to see someone who works in public clouds, Stephen Foskett, call for some level of standards, auditing and compliance for Cloud providers. The first step towards this would certainly be public and open discussion of SLAs. (Stephen's article was at: http://developer.nirvanix.com/blogs/strategies/archive/2009/10/22/everyone-should-be-skeptical-about-cloud-service-providers.aspx ) Microsoft are certainly not unique in this inability to openly discuss SLAs and compliance when it comes to public cloud infrastructure (or even virtual/private clouds hosted externally). The failure they were by proxy associated with last year, the Danger/T-Mobile/Sidekick debacle, should make them abundantly aware of the need for open and transparent discussions to garner trust. They seem instead to be operating like so many other public cloud vendors of working on the basis that they can engender trust by slapping a “Cloud” logo somewhere on their kit.

I was relieved recently to see someone who works in public clouds, Stephen Foskett, call for some level of standards, auditing and compliance for Cloud providers. The first step towards this would certainly be public and open discussion of SLAs. (Stephen’s article was at: http://developer.nirvanix.com/blogs/strategies/archive/2009/10/22/everyone-should-be-skeptical-about-cloud-service-providers.aspx )

]]> By: Terri McClure http://www.itdependsblog.com/2010/01/13/sshhhhh-microsoft-cloud-storage-sla/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Terri McClure Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:26:59 +0000 http://www.itdependsblog.com/?p=193#comment-374 Thanks Ewan - I wish it were just a Microsoft issue, but it is broader. AWS won't provide detail on its infrastructure and hows it is built for availability other than "trust us." That may work down the road, but how many people will trust corporate data to someone that won't disclose details on how its protected? IT guys are control freaks for good reason - the business depends on data being there!!! For cloud storage to take off there needs to be transparency. Thanks Ewan – I wish it were just a Microsoft issue, but it is broader. AWS won’t provide detail on its infrastructure and hows it is built for availability other than “trust us.” That may work down the road, but how many people will trust corporate data to someone that won’t disclose details on how its protected? IT guys are control freaks for good reason – the business depends on data being there!!! For cloud storage to take off there needs to be transparency.

]]> By: Ewan MacLeod http://www.itdependsblog.com/2010/01/13/sshhhhh-microsoft-cloud-storage-sla/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Ewan MacLeod Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:36:29 +0000 http://www.itdependsblog.com/?p=193#comment-373 Excellent spot, Terri - absolutely ridiculous. I hope someone at Microsoft gets real and fixes this. Excellent spot, Terri – absolutely ridiculous. I hope someone at Microsoft gets real and fixes this.

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