{"id":1353,"date":"2009-11-18T10:27:32","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T00:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nsrd.wordpress.com\/?p=1353"},"modified":"2009-11-18T10:27:32","modified_gmt":"2009-11-18T00:27:32","slug":"can-you-trust-azure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/2009\/11\/18\/can-you-trust-azure\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you trust Azure?"},"content":{"rendered":"

So The Register has a story about how Microsoft is edging closer<\/a> to delivering it’s cloud based system, Azure.<\/p>\n

It seems inept that through the entire article, there wasn’t a single mention of the Sidekick Debacle<\/a>. As you may remember, that debacle was sponsored by ‘Danger’, a Microsoft subsidiary. If you think Microsoft weren’t involved because Danger was a subsidiary, think again<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If we can learn anything from this, it’s that too many people like to close one eye and half shut the other one to make sure they don’t see all those dark and dangerous storm clouds racing around their silver linings.<\/p>\n

Based on Microsoft’s track record, I wouldn’t trust Azure for a minute with a KB of my data even if they were paying me<\/em>. Not until there’s an industry-wide alliance for certifying cloud based solutions<\/a> and ensuring vendors actually treat customer data as if it were their own most sensitive and important data. Not until Microsoft are a gold member of that alliance and have come out of their first two audits with shining covers.<\/p>\n

Until then when it comes to Azure, all I see are dark Clouds with no silver linings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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