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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www2.sqlblog.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Merrill Aldrich : cloud</title><link>http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/archive/tags/cloud/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: cloud</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)</generator><item><title>PASS Summit: What’s the Shape of the Future?</title><link>http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/archive/2011/10/18/pass-summit-what-s-the-shape-of-the-future.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:53:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:39186</guid><dc:creator>merrillaldrich</dc:creator><slash:comments>6</slash:comments><comments>http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/comments/39186.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/commentrss.aspx?PostID=39186</wfw:commentRss><description>Gushing First I have to gush a little about the PASS Summit. Skip ahead if you like - this type of stuff doesn’t make for the best reading, and I won’t be offended. The Summit was amazing as ever this year. The thing I love about it, in addition to just...(&lt;a href="http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/archive/2011/10/18/pass-summit-what-s-the-shape-of-the-future.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www2.sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=39186" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/archive/tags/cloud/default.aspx">cloud</category><category domain="http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/archive/tags/pass/default.aspx">pass</category><category domain="http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/archive/tags/theory/default.aspx">theory</category></item><item><title>Top Tools I Didn’t Know I Needed as a DBA</title><link>http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/archive/2011/04/07/top-tools-i-didn-t-know-i-needed-as-a-dba.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 23:01:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:34733</guid><dc:creator>merrillaldrich</dc:creator><slash:comments>9</slash:comments><comments>http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/comments/34733.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/commentrss.aspx?PostID=34733</wfw:commentRss><description>Today’s post is an unabashedly subjective plug for a bunch of unrelated tools I have come to rely on and love. I’m not really a “tools guy,” so there are no doubt better and worse tools for these tasks out there. I’m not affiliated with any of the vendors...(&lt;a href="http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/archive/2011/04/07/top-tools-i-didn-t-know-i-needed-as-a-dba.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www2.sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=34733" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/archive/tags/cloud/default.aspx">cloud</category><category domain="http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/archive/tags/monitoring/default.aspx">monitoring</category><category domain="http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/archive/tags/productivity/default.aspx">productivity</category><category domain="http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/archive/tags/SCOM/default.aspx">SCOM</category><category domain="http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/archive/tags/tools/default.aspx">tools</category></item><item><title>Cloud computing sounds good, but...</title><link>http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/archive/2009/12/14/cloud-computing-sounds-good-but.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:23:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:19965</guid><dc:creator>merrillaldrich</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/comments/19965.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/commentrss.aspx?PostID=19965</wfw:commentRss><description>With all the talk about cloud computing, I felt a little sheepish for being worried about mundane things like backup, and whether many users might underestimate what they need to do after turning over all their data to some service. http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001315.html...(&lt;a href="http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/archive/2009/12/14/cloud-computing-sounds-good-but.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www2.sqlblog.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=19965" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/archive/tags/backup/default.aspx">backup</category><category domain="http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/merrill_aldrich/archive/tags/cloud/default.aspx">cloud</category></item></channel></rss>