Category Archives: Cloud Computing

Overview of Managing Apps, Services & VM in Windows Azure

Posted on June 13, 2012 by dannanto

New announcements for Azure: VMs – hosted servers in windows and linux.  flexible workload support, and support for virtual private networks Cloud servies: Build infintely scalable apps, rich multi-tier architectures and automated app management.  websites where you don’t worry about … Continue reading →

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MS Office 365 for Education

Posted on June 12, 2012 by dannanto

Agenda: what it means to have Office 365 for education and what is the upgrade/migration plan for live@edu? Office 365 core: Office, Lync, Sharepoint, Exchange Everyone upgraded from live@edu moves into an Exchange plan 1 by default. other options cost.  … Continue reading →

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Cloudy Weather – How secure is the cloud?

Posted on June 12, 2012 by dannanto

Things to consider about cloud security: Confidentiality – is the data safe in the cloud?  Can MS access it?  Can your competitors access your data? Can the FBI see it?  Integrity – can you verify that the data hasn’t changed?  … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Office 365 for Enterprises

Posted on June 11, 2012 by dannanto

Angi Livermore Providing a general overview of Office 365.  This is probably a review for most of us from Vandy.  Office 365 -> converted from BPos.  today to talk about what it is, and what has changed. 95% have self … Continue reading →

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Windows Azure Active Directory

Posted on June 11, 2012 by dannanto

Old days: intranet.  sign in to each app seperately.  Over the past decades all that has been centralized and consolidated.  For new applications today, need to avoid falling back to where we were.  Federated solutions help with this, but don’t … Continue reading →

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Windows Azure – Today and Tomorrow

Posted on June 11, 2012 by dannanto

Scot Guthrie Windows Azure – platform as a service.  Enables infrastructure as a service.  ost bost Windows and Linux  in the cloud.  All SDKs are under apache open source platform.  ties MS ecosystem and open source eco system together. Azure … Continue reading →

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Windows Azure Active Directory

Posted on June 11, 2012 by dannanto

Old days: intranet.  sign in to each app seperately.  Over the past decades all that has been centralized and consolidated.  For new applications today, need to avoid falling back to where we were.  Federated solutions help with this, but don’t … Continue reading →

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Cloud Computing: Hype or Hope

Posted on November 4, 2009 by dannanto

Cloud Computing: Public/Commercial clouds. two levels of cloud computing: ones driven by institution, others by members of their institutions. Pro:  Cloud computing: inevitable, and there are some advantages. Con: Why ask when?  when we should ask why?  focus on requirements … Continue reading →

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