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Introducing the New Windows Azure at the Hartford Code Camp
On Saturday June 23rd I presented an updated version of my Windows Azure 2.0 Platform Overview at the Hartford Code Camp. Since there were quite a few major Windows Azure announcements on June 7th this was a major update of … Continue reading
Posted in Application Development, Architecture, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Event, IaaS, Linux, PaaS, User Groups, Windows Azure
Tagged Application Development, Architecture, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Event, IaaS, Linux, PaaS, User Groups, Windows Azure
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Windows Azure 2.0 – IaaS and two flavors of PaaS
Last week Microsoft announced what can arguably be called Windows Azure 2.0 (Although Microsoft has refrained from using that term. ) This diagram from the MSDN Library summarizes the new structure of Windows Azure (for a larger view and more … Continue reading
Posted in Application Development, Architecture, Cloud, Cloud Computing, IaaS, PaaS, Windows Azure
Tagged Application Development, Architecture, Cloud, Cloud Computing, IaaS, PaaS, Windows Azure
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I am Presenting Patterns for Cloud Computing at Cloud Expo June 11-14 in New York
I was not originally scheduled to present my Patterns for Cloud Computing talk at Cloud Expo again this year (having done it for the last two years) but they had a last-minute cancellation and asked me to do it again. … Continue reading
Software as a Service Development Life Cycle and the Cloud
Last October I co-authored a white paper on the subject of the Software as a Service Development Life Cycle (SaaS DLC). It was published at InfoQ.com. InfoQ (Information Queue) is: “an independent online community focused on change and innovation in … Continue reading
Cloud Design Patterns
Rightscale is a company that sells auto scaling software for multiple clouds, primarily Amazon Web Services. They do not support Windows Azure as of yet. See below for an update on this. However, on their web site they have a … Continue reading
A Cloud is a Cloud is a Cloud?
There is an interesting thread going on in LinkedIn: How would you rank the top 5 Cloud providers ? Peoples answers are all over the map. Far be it for me to try and add clarity to a murky situation … Continue reading
Posted in Amazon Web Services, Architecture, Cloud, Cloud Computing, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Windows Azure
Tagged Amazon Web Services, Architecture, Cloud, Cloud Computing, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Windows Azure
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Building Cloud-Portable and Cloud-Burstable .NET Applications With Windows Azure and Amazon Web Services
Definitions Cloud-Burstable Applications are those built using an application deployment model in which an application runs in a private cloud or corporate data center and bursts into a public cloud (or clouds) when the demand for computing or storage capacity … Continue reading
You Just Might be a Cloud App
With Apologies to Jeff Foxworthy (“You just might be a redneck“) You just might be a Cloud App, if: You only need processing or storage periodically, for instance during certain times of the month, week or day. An example would … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Cloud, Cloud Computing
Tagged Architecture, Cloud, Cloud Computing, National Institute of Standards, NIST
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Windows Azure Security Best Practices and Resources
One of my ex co-workers at Microsoft, Bruce Kyle, recently posted a 7 part blog series on Windows Azure Security Best Practices. Bruce wrote the series of articles for Microsoft ISVs (Independent Software Vendors). However, as I said in my … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing, Security, Windows Azure
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Recent Windows Azure Developments
Here are some recent Windows Azure developments that you may have missed. I think that they are worth highlighting. Windows Azure Endpoint Protection One of the deficiencies in Windows Azure up until recently was the lack of virus checking/malware protection … Continue reading
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