For several years I have travelled to the other side of the globe to attend the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC). It’s a long an perilous journey which takes me away from my wife, daughter and dogs.(It’s not really perilous, and I can survive without seeing my dogs for a week or so.) Recently I…… Continue reading Why Australian partners should travel to the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference
What if my cloud provider’s data center gets hit by a natural disaster?
Just October last year, the United States was hit by super storm Sandy – it brought widespread flooding and power outages on the north-eastern US seaboard. With hyperscale cloud providers having majority of their data centers in the US, most businesses would want to ask: “Can natural disasters kill the cloud”? The hurricane which hit…… Continue reading What if my cloud provider’s data center gets hit by a natural disaster?