Implementing Microsoft's hybrid cloud solution

Azure StorSimple is Microsoft’s hybrid cloud storage solution that leverages the cloud to solve one of the most pressing challenges of the enterprise customer: managing rapid data growth. In the last 12 months, rapid innovations like StorSimple Virtual Array (a software version of StorSimple solution) and Local Volumes (which allows storage administrators to decide which data needs to remain in the local tiers) have expanded the value of Azure StorSimple for customers and partners.

Between Aug 2016 – Oct 2016, Microsoft is offering a series of educational sessions for IT Pros to get intimately familiarized with some of these innovations, as well as get a practitioner’s view around planning, implementing, and managing the deployment scenarios. All sessions are delivered (over Skype) by seasoned professionals with several years of consulting & implementation experience. The sessions consist of 40% theory and 60% demo and practical tips. As a follow-up to the sessions, participants can request personalized 1-1 consulting sessions on actual customer scenarios that they are working on. In addition, the session will introduce the audience to several resources for continued learning beyond these sessions. In the last 6 months, these sessions have been widely acclaimed for efficacy and usefulness to the IT Pro community – training over 900 professions across 650 unique organizations, globally. While it’s best to have a background in storage, the sessions will also benefit infrastructure professionals who want to grow their expertise in Azure hybrid cloud storage.

A synopsis of the topics and the registration links can be accessed here: https://infopedia.eventbuilder.com/Hybrid-Cloud-Storage-with-StorSimple

Topics Summary: Azure StorSimple Implementation and Scenarios: Local Volumes, Virtual Array, Back Up, DR, Azure Migration, Enterprise File Collaboration
Quelle: Azure

MCCRC research on ‘Policy, legal and regulatory implications of a Europe-only cloud’ has now been published in the International Journal of Law and Information Technology (OUP)

Body: ​The paper written by W. Kuan Hon, Christopher Millard, Jatinder Singh, Ian Walden and Jon Crowcroft was published on 15 July 2016 and is available at&;&;Int J Law Info Tech (Autumn 2016) 24 (3)&058; 251-278&160;This article explores key legal and regulatory issues arising from recent cloud localization initiatives, with a particular focus on calls to establish a Europe-only cloud. The analysis covers jurisdictional conflicts and extraterritoriality concerns, as well as the impact on fundamental rights such as privacy, data protection and freedom of expression.&160;
Published: 8/23/2016 5:24 AM
Quelle: Microsft MCCRS Cambridge

A brief history of cloud computing

One of the first questions asked with the introduction of a new technology is: “When was it invented?” Other questions like “When was it first mentioned?” and “What are the prospects for its future?” are also common. When we think of , we think of situations, products and ideas that started in the 21st [&;]
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