>This week a client's file and SQL Server's mother board fried itself at about 9AM
>There were good program/data backups but no server redundancy.
>A super network tech colleague had all the client's apps up and running on an Amazon server by 5PM the same day.
>Now the client has server redundancy, better performance, and one less box to worry about.
>That was really impressive.
>Add one to the list of cloud converts.
>I've bought my last Windows box.
I am envious that you have a "super network tech colleague." If he/she ever writes a white paper on how to use an Amazon server, please share it here.
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