Comments on: Microsoft Migrates Azure, Citing Tax Laws

By: Windows Azure Cloud Hosting » Tax concerns to push Microsoft Azure cloud hosting out of Washington state

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:18:35 +0000

[...] watchers believed the halt was likely temporary and was due to the poor economy. It turns out it was due to a Washington state tax change, as DataCenter Knowledge explained. “Late last year Washington State attorney general Rob McKenna [...]

By: Phoenix Computer Repair, Website Design, Online Marketing and SEO – my PC Techs News

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:16:45 +0000

[...] to India or somewhere else overseas? This is an important question to ask. Unfortunately, several recent articles highlight the fact that, once you put your sensitive personal and business data into the cloud, you [...]

By: Linda

Linda — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:04:20 +0000

Microsoft is awesome. They are great at everthing they make.

By: Cloud Preacher

Cloud Preacher — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:15:51 +0000

Another example of what happens when Corporations are taxed to death and they wind up moving jobs and revenue elsewhere. I always hear Liberal politicians exclaiming that the large corporations are betraying the middle and lower class by getting away with tax breaks, keeping all the money etc… Who is really hurting the economy in certain areas? Local goverments who attempt to generate more revenue by taxing business and driving them to relocate in another state or country or businesses who are just making the right decisions to stay profitable and continue to add jobs?

By: In the New Data Center, It’s Roofs Off and Taxes Down - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:37:10 +0000

[...] Azure business software service in San Antonio, Tex., instead of Quincy, Wash., because of a change in tax laws that doesn’t give data center builders the same tax breaks usually given to [...]

By: Will Google regret the mega data center? | Tech Daily

Will Google regret the mega data center? | Tech Daily — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:24:10 +0000

[...] But with Azure set to scale up for who knows how many new customers after its official launch, Data Center Knowledge explains, Microsoft won’t stomach the 7.9 per cent tax that Washington now lands on all new [...]

By: Rational Survivability » The Cloud For Clunkers Program…Security, Portability, Interoperability and the Economics of Cloud Providers

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:52:00 +0000

[...] what you say? Funny you should ask. The Data Center Knowledge blog details how Microsoft is employing the teleportation equivalent of vMotion by pMotioning [...]

By: Cloud migrations to most beneficial tax regime … « scalability.org

Cloud migrations to most beneficial tax regime … « scalability.org — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:43:52 +0000

[...] thought this was interesting. Microsoft basically pulling a plug on a large project over tax issues, and moving [...]

By: Azure Datacenter を D&D する Microsoft ? « Agile Cat — Azure & Cloud — Talking Book

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:19:37 +0000

[...] Microsoft Migrates Azure, Citing Tax Laws August 5th, 2009 : Rich Miller http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/08/05/microsoft-migrates-azure-citing-tax-laws/ [...]

By: Mark Preston

Mark Preston — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:23:24 +0000

The interesting aspect of this, other than the OpEx cost arguments, is the position that Cloud services “do not produce a product which is sold to the companies’ customers.”

Define ‘product’. I disagree with A.G. The services are a product and in fact are, or will be, superiour to on-premise capabilities. When you consider integrating these services into your IT strategy they should be evaluated as products. The upfront strategic assessment of these products is critical to business continuity, capacity and performance.

Did I say ‘products’?