I have finally found some good usages of cloud databases - storing some non-critical data. Instead of storing it in Your local database (SQL Server, Oracle), I think that the good place to store some non - critical data are cloud. In case that something happened to these data - the damage will not be critical, and You will save lots of resources - storage, machines, OS, licences, and all the things needed for having local database.
As an example of data (from smart grid field) which can be stored in the cloud are MDM data.
By reading some news lately, I have concluded that there are several utilities which are using the cloud. With MDM data. But, maybe, this is just a shy first step, and that in the feature more things could be pushed into cloud.
I have also been experimenting with Windows Azure SQL database. Good starting point to try it by Yourself is here http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/articles/sql-database-get-started/
As an example of data (from smart grid field) which can be stored in the cloud are MDM data.
By reading some news lately, I have concluded that there are several utilities which are using the cloud. With MDM data. But, maybe, this is just a shy first step, and that in the feature more things could be pushed into cloud.
I have also been experimenting with Windows Azure SQL database. Good starting point to try it by Yourself is here http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/articles/sql-database-get-started/
