Tuesday, 11 January 2011
As some of you may know, I recently left Microsoft after almost 4 years. It was a wonderful experience and I met and worked with some truly great people there. I was lucky enough to join at the time when the cloud was just getting started at Microsoft. Code words like CloudDB, Strata, Sitka, Red Dog, and others I won't mention here flew around like crazy.
I started as the SQL Server Data Services (SSDS) evangelist and later became the Windows Azure Evangelist (after SSDS eventually became SQL Azure). For the last 2 years, Windows Azure has been my life and it was great seeing a technology very rapidly grow from CTP to a full featured platform in such a short time.
Well, I am not moving far from Windows Azure - I still strongly believe in what Microsoft has done here. I recently joined Cumulux as Director of Cloud Services. I will be driving product strategy, some key customer engagements, and take part in the leadership team there. Cumulux is a close Microsoft partner with a Windows Azure focus, so it is a great fit for me for both personal as well as professional reasons.
While I will miss the great folks I got to work with at Microsoft and being in the thick of everything, I am very excited to begin this new career path with Cumulux.