Comments on: Microsoft Migrates Azure, Citing Tax Laws

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’?

By: The Cloud Politic – How Regulation, Taxes, and National Borders are shaping the infrastructure of the cloud « LooseBolts

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:50:49 +0000

[...] was a recent article at Data Center Knowledge regarding Microsoft’s decision remove its Azure Cloud plat… and relocate them (whether virtually or physically) to be run in the state of Texas. Other [...]

By: John Watson

John Watson — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:48:24 +0000

In the early 90’s I worked at Fidelity in Boston and the MA legislature was looking at taxing services (such as investment and tax preparation services). We began plans to move data center operations out of the Bay State down to Dallas TX. Back then Fidelity owned/leased 17 buildings in downtown Boston and the giant sucking sound would have reverberated for years. The proposed legislation was quietly removed