Architecture & Stuff

As promised Microsoft announced today some very important enhancements to the Windows Azure Platform.  We now have a deployment and management API that developers and third-parties can use to do things like deploy and manage Windows Azure compute...

Windows Azure .NET Services provides powerful capabilities to connect disparate endpoints across and through the firewalls in place at multiple organizations.  It also provides a general claims-based authentication service in the cloud that can be...

October 12-14 is almost here. Don’t forget to register for the biggest Architecture event to hit New York, ever! See the event description . The event is filling up fast. On that date in New York The International Association of Software Architect (IASA...

Join us at Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 and Silverlight 3 Innovation Showcase where you can learn how IE8 & SL3 features deliver the best web experience for your users.  Register today to see what Innovation can do for you! During this showcase...

Architects:  Adverse times are also best times for innovation!  Choosing the right battles to fight, and reinventing ourselves with less resources are par for the course today.  However, not all innovation needs to be revolutionary or transformative...

On October 12-14, 2009 in New York IASA will hold the biggest IT Architect Regional Conference (ITARC) ever held, perhaps the biggest IT Architecture conference ever held anywhere. Although it is billed as a regional conference it will bring together...

As some of you know I run the local chapter of the International Association of Software Architects (IASA). The chapter will be holding its 2009 IT Architect Regional Conference (ITARC) on October 12-14, 2009. Last year the conference was a big success...

The Azure Services Platform “How Do I” videos are free, task-oriented, and “bite-sized” to get you up to speed quickly. Another five Azure “How Do I” videos (HDIs) have been published.   This includes one on accessing...

Last week at MIX09, several new announcements were made for Windows Azure.  First, Full Trust support was announced, which opens up native code running in Windows Azure.  Along with this capability came the announcement of FastCGI support. ...

  One of the reasons that companies are resisting moving applications (or parts of applications) to the cloud is because they are not sure which cloud they want to move it to! This seems to be a red herring to me because you can build applications...

This is Just a quick note to tell you that over 80 videos of the MIX 09 Keynote and breakout sessions can be viewed at http://videos.visitmix.com/MIX09/ Some key Azure announcements at MIX were: Geolocation - The ability to specify the data center that...

The New York chapter of the Microsoft Cloud Computing User Group meets again on January 26, 2009 At Microsoft, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, 6th floor, New York, NY 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM BE SURE TO REGISTER at http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=134423 Space...

While a consultant to AT&T in the early 80s I worked on a project to build a “cloud” computing facility called Net1000. Net1000 was to run in AT&T data centers across the entire AT&T network and provide compute power, storage and...

At the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) we announced a whole bunch of technologies that may just change the way we do development in the future.  With major announcements around Cloud Services (Azure), and Windows 7 as well as other...

Continuing our coverage of Microsoft Cloud Services and related topics.  If you are located in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut area you may be interested in this.  Peter Laudati and I are holding a series of free events that will be focusing...

I can't tell you how glad I am that PDC is finally approaching.  When it come to Microsoft's Cloud Services I feel like I have pair of Vice Grips firmly attached to my tongue.  :-)  I realize the need for secrecy so as not to spoil the...

In case you haven't been to the PDC site recently we just announced two symposia that are are included in PDC2008. The following one might be of interest to you. :-) Symposium Title: Head in the Cloud, Feet on the Ground – A Practical Look at Architectural...

Technorati Tags: Cloud , Cloud Services A few days ago I told you about all the great sessions on Cloud Services that are scheduled for PDC.  We just added a bunch more.  There are now 27 sessions listed under that category.  Sorry to nag...

As a new blogger I have jumped around a bit in the topics that I have ben covering recently. In the future I intend to focus more on one topic area: Microsoft Cloud Services. Our Cloud Services story has been exposed a bit in the various cloud based...

I don't ordinarily just copy stuff that someone else sends me into my blog, but this is an exception.  If you have trouble keeping up to date on everything that is happening at Microsoft with all the various products and technologies then Microsoft...

Last week I told you about how we recorded a presentation by Shanku Niyogi, Microsoft Product Unit Manager for the .NET Framework on the subject of Visual Studio 2008/.NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1. In truth this is a lot more than a typical Service...

In addition to working for Microsoft as an Architect Evangelist and running the local chapter of the International Association of Software Architects I am also one of the founders and current leaders of the New York City .NET Developers Group .  ...

One of Microsoft great resources for architects over the past few years has been it's ARCast series of Webcasts pioneered by Ron Jacobs.   Over the past month a new set of ARCasts have been published on Channel9. These ARCasts are episodes created...

David Chappell, noted author and lecturer, gave a presentation on Software+Services to a group of architects recently in New York.  This is an interview with David where he expresses his views on how Cloud software development will resemble on-premises...

Quite a few folks have expressed an interest in the Microsoft Certified Architect Program.  This is a masters level certification program for architects of all types, not just just architects that focus on Microsoft technologies.   More than...