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Microsoft datacenter architect defects to Amazon
All about Microsoft —
... . Hamilton’s interests included “multi-tenant hosted systems, the management of very large scale systems, massively parallel data management systems, database security, and unstructured data management.” Before joining the Live Core team, Hamilton was the general manager of the Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services team, and before that, SQL Server Architect and leader of the Security and Incubation Team. Hamilton will be a Vice President on the Amazon Web Services team. (I asked Amazon for more specifics about Hamilton’s new role but received no word back.) Amazon has been ...
Dick Hardt in, James Hamilton out
Geek In Disguise —
... joins Microsoft which means hopefully we’ll get to see him do more of these kinds or presos at our event. Bad news though, James Hamilton is off to Amazon. Hope he keeps up his blog as he’s a data center legend. ...
Microsoft data center guru heads to Amazon
Amazon & the online retail blog —
... for The Digital Cave, "Microsoft has made a huge splash with its approach to containerization and radical approaches to running, building, and operating data centers. The world first experienced a sniff of this approach through the writings and presentations of James Hamilton, a key researcher from MS Research who is closely tied to the work being done by Michael Manos, Christian Belady, and Daniel Costello." A Microsoft research profile on Hamilton said that his job there was to "improve data center efficiency, speed of deployment, and reliability. " Hamilton's personal ...
Amazon nabs a Microsoft data center guru
The Microsoft Blog —
... , my colleague Andrea James reports that Amazon has hired James Hamilton, a top Microsoft data centers strategist. Hamilton will join Amazon in January as vice president and distinguished engineer at Amazon Web Services. At Microsoft, Hamilton worked to improve the efficiency, speed, and reliability of Microsoft's data centers, according to his Microsoft page . As both Amazon and Microsoft move into the business of online hosting, both companies are constructing vast data centers. Last week, Microsoft ...
