Welcome to Wintellog

July 2, 2004
by Jeff Prosise

Blogging is so popular these days that it’s hardly news when someone starts a new blog. John Robbins, Jeffrey Richter, and I have resisted blogging because 1) everybody’s doing it, and 2) it seems more than a little vain to assume that others will care what you have to say. Yet people ask us all the time if we have blogs, implying that if we had them, they would read them. So we decided to find out.

Rather than do individual blogs, we decided to start a joint blog called Wintellog. John, Jeffrey, and I will be contributing to it, as will others at Wintellect. We’ll be talking a lot about .NET–especially the upcoming Whidbey release–and probably a lot about other things, too.

I’ve blogged once before. When I wrote my most recent book, I blogged the experience here. I’ll have to admit that I found taking periodic breaks from work to jot down blog entries therapeutic. In fact, once I finished the book and closed the blog, I sort of missed blogging. So here’s to a fresh start, and to finding out if anyone really does care what we have to say…

The Microsoft Cloud Platform makes it possible
to have a private Azure cloud.

This platform allows us to deploy customer applications in an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environment which is architecturally consistent with public Azure.

For many customers, this provides an important step towards moving to a public cloud.
Customers get all the benefits of a public cloud but retain the enhanced control and privacy which comes from a private cloud.

Modernize IT systems.

We help you take advantage of the latest technology and leverage deep knowledge and best practices.

Eliminate headaches.

Together we plan the right solution for your unique needs and ensure flawless execution.

Control spending.

We help you take advantage of flat rate pricing and long term contracts to lock in costs and eliminate unplanned spikes.

Improve security & peace of mind.

We incorporate our third party audited best practices and make them your own.

Find out how we can deliver private Azure clouds that run 24x7x365.

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Dedicated and Multi-Tenant Environments

We offer two types of deployments based on a customer’s needs and budget.

Dedicated

Single-node, high-availability (HA) and redundant configurations
High-performance storage options
Dedicated firewall and security
Advanced and active performance monitoring with management workflows
Extensive analytics on infrastructure performance, capacity, availability and stability

Multi-Tenant

Customized configurations
Enterprise-class reliability
Pay-as-you-go options
24x7x365 support and monitoring

Common Services

Both hosted deployment options offer the following capabilities:

Personalized fully managed services and operational continuity
Enterprise-grade uptime and availability
Integrated monitoring and proactive support from a team of experts
Technical Assistance Command Center (TACC) available live 24x7x365
Flexible safeguards to meet various compliance requirements including HIPAA/HITECH, HITRUST, IRS-1075 and PCI-DSS
Reliable point-to-point connectivity and carrier neutral interconnection

We always implement networks which deliver better security and usability.

All our deployments take into consideration the end-to-end solution and we secure all aspects of the network and connectivity.

Defense in Depth – Our approach offers a flexible and customizable set of capabilities based on enterprise-grade standards for performance, availability, and response.
WANs, MANs, LANs, and VPNs – We provide comprehensive networking and high-speed connectivity options from Wide Area Networks (WAN), Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN) and Local Area Networks (LAN), as well as managed Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and firewalls.
Stay current – We can be counted on to deliver proactive testing and the most secure network protocols.
Reduce vulnerabilities – We help your team leverage advanced security features coupled with relentless vigilance from trained experts.