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Some very good reasons not to choose a Microsoft hosted service
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
It’s amazing what you find when you read the Terms and Conditions.
Go to this page on the Microsoft downloads area and then download the file which is the Exchange Hosted Services Service Level Agreement document.
Scroll down to the bottom, and you will find what Microsoft will pay you if they fall foul of the SLA.
Basically, they will give you “Service Credits” for downtime, and at no point will the Credit exceed the value of what you pay Microsoft for the month of service provision. (more…)
Dear Mr Ballmer, this won’t happen at your datacenter because…?
Monday, April 6th, 2009
I’ve commented before about my feelings about the dangers of a headlong rush towards hosted services, especially those that are hosted abroad and thus can fall into the hands of any other country’s law enforcement agencies. Well, just to hammer home the point, take note of this message posted at http://sites.google.com/site/mnsclec/index
Dear Customers,
Today at 6:00am, the FBI conducted an unwarranted early morning raid of our 2323 Bryan Street Datacenters, on the 7th and 24th floors.
I received a phone call at 6:05am from our NOC that the entire network was powered off. I called Capstar Commercial and TELX, our landlord, and was told that the FBI was in the datacenter with a search and seizure warrant. I asked that the agent in charge call me immediately. (more…)
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