I recently commented on Mary Jo Foley’s post Can Microsoft Save Windows Azure? The key point of my post was that IaaS is good for Azure because it is good for adoption rate. This change does raise concerns for software…
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Periodic Table of Cloud Computing
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David Pallmann, General Manager at Neudesic has published one of the best explanations of Cloud Computing in Windows Azure Design Patterns. The title is a double misnomer – it isn’t just about Azure, and it is far more than Design…
Is More IaaS Good For Azure?
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Mary Jo Foley recently posted Can Microsoft Save Windows Azure? on RedmondMag.com. Obviously the title is geared more toward grabbing your attention, but the article has some good content. One paragraph caught my attention in particular: Starting around March this…
“A Pass on PaaS”–Strategy That Won’t Last
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Meme Today I noticed a @CloudBlogs tweet along the lines of “Taking a Pass on PaaS.” My first thought was, “That’s not a good idea!” Then I thought, “This must be a reverse psychology tweet crafted to make you take…
What Happens When an Azure Role Starts?
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Cory Fowler (SyntaxC4) has a good post on Windows Azure Role Startup Life Cycle. Notable aspects of the post include: Synchronous and Asynchronous Startup TaskType and problems to watch for A good, step-by-step diagram of how the Azure Fabric…
Azure 1.4 SDK and Tools
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Yesterday (3/9/11) Microsoft announced updates for the Windows Azure SDK and Tools (VSCloudService.exe). As the download page indicates, this SDK release’s primary purpose is to address stability issues. Other improvements include: Azure Management Portal – Improved responsiveness Azure Connect –…
Amazon CloudFormation – BYO PaaS?
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently announced the addition of CloudFormation to their offerings. With this addition, AWS continues to grow from an IaaS provider toward becoming a PaaS provider. Will AWS will become a PaaS provider in terms a consistent…
When Free Is Not Enough
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Beginning today, Microsoft is offering developers free access to Windows Azure through the end of June. The offer includes compute time, storage space, SQL Azure database and AppFabric features for Access Control and Service Bus. See the announcement for details.…
What’s New in Azure Guest OS 2.2?
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This Azure Guest OS release come two months after the previous (v. 2.1). Does this release provide minor changes, or does it include patches for substantial security issues? Let’s dig and find out. Microsoft announced Windows Azure Guest OS 2.2…
CSharp-Cloudfiles ignores Cloudversion for unspecified AccountName
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While building a demo app on Internap’s XIPCloud, I saw unexpected URLs sent by the CSharp-Cloudfiles library. I changed the code to pass “v1.0” via the Cloudversion argument of UserCredential’s constructor (which is a questionable location in the first place). …