Interesting read. In interviews with countless CIOs over the past decade, InformationWeek's editors have asked about their most strategic IT vendors -- or "partners," in the politically correct parlance. What makes for strategic? For one thing...

Below you can find a summary of Patterns & Practices highlights: What has been released? Claims Based Identity and Access Control Guide Released - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff359115.aspx Although claims-based identity has been possible...

Ever wonder how the Healthcare Industry could harness the full power of Silverlight to create State-of-the-Art, Game-Changing applications to lower Healthcare costs? In this episode of ARCast.TV, Jeff Barnes sits down with David Darnell from MDI Holdings...

Welcome to the first episode of Cloud Cover! Join Ryan and Steve as they cover the Windows Azure platform, digging into features, discussing the latest news and announcements, and sharing tips and tricks. Follow and interact with us at @cloudcovershow...

What are Web Application Toolkits? Web Application Toolkits help ASP.NET web developers quickly complete common tasks.  Each Web Application Toolkit download contains reusable assets - e.g. controls, class libraries, endpoints etc. and a sample application...

In this episode of 10-4, Brian Keller takes us through downloading and installing the Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate and Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 Release Candidate. This time-compressed video will take you through all of the key things you...

I am happy to announce the updated release of the Windows Azure Service Management (WASM) Cmdlets for PowerShell today.  With these cmdlets you can effectively automate and manage all your services in Windows Azure.  Specifically, Deploy new...

Microsoft and PHPBenelux are proud to announce a PHP on Azure event with no one less than Josh Holmes presenting " Leveraging Azure with non-Microsoft Technologies ". Josh will talk about the possibilities of Azure for PHP developers, how to...

Gartner released a new report regarding Microsoft Azure. An extract: Microsoft's Windows Azure platform (WAp) was a key focus at Microsoft's recent Professional Developers Conference (PDC), where Microsoft also announced the next generation of its on...

When solutions fail, is it too easy to blame a given platform than for those really responsible to take responsibility? It more often has to do with one's level of problem solving skills, planning, and ability to align technology with business strategy...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Over the past 12 months, the corporate Email and Collaboration market has continued to grow, despite the economic downturn. The worldwide installed base of on-premises email and collaboration mailboxes has reached 450 million accounts...

There have been a lot of questions regarding Windows Azure Platform billing and how it works. Following article shows you a lot of details in how exactly Windows Azure is handling billing. http://blogs.msdn.com/patrick_butler_monterde/archive/2010/02...

A new release has been made to  MyAzureStorage.com .  With this website, you have a simple way to view and manipulate Windows Azure storage (blobs, tables, queues).  This tool can be used to enhance your demos and quickly demonstrate the...

Microsoft is giving scientists and researchers supported by the National Science Foundation free access to its Azure cloud computing platform for three years. The deal would potentially, in one fell swoop, give Microsoft access to research projects that...

Another interesting article regarding enterprises and cloud computing has been released by MSDN Magazine. The article provides a great overview of the different cloud types available before diving into the Windows Azure platform. The latter gets presented...

An interesting article published by MSDN Magazine demonstrates how to build services using Windows Azure. The article shows how to apply SOA patterns in a straightforward way while taking advantage of services provided by the cloud. The full article can...

An interesting video explaining how to run Java based applications on Windows Azure, can be found at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ee941631.aspx .

As of today Windows Azure is commercially available in Europe and the United States. Coinciding with this commercial launch of Windows Azure, a new version 1.1 of the Windows Azure Tools and SDK has been released. This release supports VS 2008 and...

Accessing a drive on Windows Azure using standard NTFS API’s? It is possible: http://blogs.msdn.com/windowsazure/archive/2010/02/02/beta-release-of-windows-azure-drive.aspx Interesting is that it is actually a Windows Azure Page Blob in which a virtual...

February 26, 2010 at 1:00pm – 2:00pm EST Title: How to Architect a Killer App for Windows 7 Abstract: Ever since its recent launch, Windows 7 has been enjoying rapid consumer adoption and glowing press reviews. This makes it a great platform to launch...

Each month through June 2010, we’ll bring you a 60-minute Architect focused Webcast to educate on the latest trends/topics and how new technologies can align with your business needs. February 25, 2010 at 1:00pm – 2:00pm EST Title: Visual Studio Tools...

Forrester has released a new article discussing the top 5 changes foreseen to happen this year. Below the executive summary: Niccolò Machiavelli said it best: "Never waste the opportunities created by a good crisis." Over the past year, the...

A new language has been developed and released by the Open Group consortium. The language called ArchiMate is positioned as a lightweight language: Its architecture framework is simple but comprehensive enough to provide a good structuring mechanism for...

The latest ARCast episode has been published. In this talk, Cameron Skinner , Product Unit Manager for Visual Studio Team System, and Zhiming Xue discuss the challenges architects often face and how they may benefit from using Visual Studio 2010...