1. David Sanders Virtual Servers and the Cloud for IT Management and Maintenance Interstate Mining Compact Commission (IMCC) Mine Mapping Benchmarking Workshop Pittsburgh, PA February 15 and 16, 2012

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9. Cloud Computing Servers Tablets Desktops Laptops Cell Phones PLATFORM Monitoring Content Collaboration Communication APPLICATION Finance Identity Runtime Queue Database Object Storage Compute Block Storage INFASTRUCTURE Network

10. service package  Provision Virtual Servers  Deploy App Code  Configure Network

11. service package  Provision Virtual Servers  Deploy App Code  Configure Network

12.  Network load- balancer configured for traffic  Provision Virtual Servers  Deploy App Code  Configure Network

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14. Scale

15. Pay Only For What You Use.

20. http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/

21. http://dmmeminemaps.cloudapp.net/

22. https://maps.dmme.virginia.gov/flexviewer/

23. http://dmmeminemaps.cloudapp.net/Default.aspx https://maps.dmme.virginia.gov/flexviewer/ https://www.dmme.virginia.gov/ http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/ http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/windowsazure/learn/Keynote-Getting-Started-with-Windows-Azure LINKS DMME Information: DMME Map Flex: DMME Mine Maps in the Cloud: Azure Calculator: Azure Overview:

24. CONTACT INFORMATION David Sanders - I.T. Manager Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy P.O. Drawer 900 Big Stone Gap, VA 24219 (276) 523-8130 David.Sanders@DMME.Virginia.gov