Posts by compkriss

My name's Jeff B and I'm here to say: Canada's getting an AWS region around the way

I remember reading once that a lot of East to West and vice versa data on Bell's network actually goes via Chicago. Not sure if this applies to their MPLS customers though.

Re: benefits?

I think the only benefits here are to Canadian residents - ie. companies that are required to keep data within Canada such as health data (even though it may be deidentified). This was the whole point of Microsoft opening their two data centers north of the border.

Canadian rotter abducts giant Playmobil fireman

You never know, could have been the Ottawa Senators head coach looking for a new defenceman!

Re: Bah!

Well, there is a Beer Store opposite!

vSphere 6.0 is BADASS. Not that I've played with it or anything. Ahem

Re: Update Manager

Just saw it thanks - I think I missed the entire second page. Definitely time for more coffee!

Re: Update Manager

Just saw it - I think I missed the entire second page. Definitely time for more coffee!

Update Manager

Any news on the update manager? It was rumored that it was going to be baked into the appliance. That's really the only reason I have vCenter still on Windows, no point in having a machine for the update manager and an appliance for vCenter.

iPad 2: Apple forced to make carrier concessions

iPad locked for Canucks?

I read this and thought 'How much more can we be ripped off for cellular service?' Fortunately it looks like a bad copy/paste job on the iPad 2 web page - Rogers have confirmed that it will be unlocked in Canada.

Canada? The computer vendor says no

True enough

As an expat living in Ottawa I cannot agree more and with UBB coming soon it seems like we may even be going backwards!