Microsoft has won the Best Cloud Service award at the 2011 Cloud Computing World Series Awards. Having been judged by an independent panel of industry experts, the awards was presented to attending winners at the 3rd annual Cloud Computing World Forum on June 21st in Olympia, London. Since the Windows...

This year for the second year in a row I presented a talk at Cloud Expo in New  York.  This time I had one of the two General (full-audience) sessions on the first day.  My talk: Patterns for Cloud Computing was attended by about 800 in the main presentation hall and overflow room. ...

The next version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit—version 6.0— is now available for free download. To participate, register for the MAP 6.0 Beta Review Program at Microsoft Connect. Planning your journey to the cloud just got a bit easier. The next release of the Microsoft Assessment...

This webinar series is designed for traditional on-premises ISVs navigating the internal business changes necessary to be successful in the cloud with SaaS applications.  The five webinars, each about 30 minutes in length, address key areas such as financial planning, packaging and pricing, marketing...

Hanu Kommalapati has just published this article in the Enterprise System Journal .  Hanu is a Senior Technical Director at Microsoft Corp. where he is responsible for the adoption of cloud computing among customers and partners. Cloud computing has come a long way during the past few years; enterprises...

Last night I gave a presentation on Architectural Patterns for Cloud Computing to the New York City Chapter of the International Association of Software Architects ( IASA ).  Even though the audience consisted of both software company architects and customer architects I though that you all would...

Startups (and established software companies) looking to do business in Europe are encouraged to attend the Cloud Ireland event in NYC on March 24th. The link below will take you straight to the registration page for the event and to more information. You're invited to Cloud Ireland in association with...

We’ve been working with some of our counterparts in Ireland to bring a special event to NYC for cloud-based startups and other companies interested in hearing about business opportunities in Ireland. If you’re interested in attending this event, please read through the event description and send an e...

For those ISVs that want to come up to speed quickly on Microsoft’s Cloud initiatives, here is a summary of the Cloud related posts that have appeared in the Ignition Showcase blog recently.  The posts are categorized by: General Cloud Public Cloud Private Cloud 1. General Cloud An ISV in the Age...

There is a lot of developer-focused information on the web about the Windows Azure Platform.  This blog post series is one designed for the non-developer IT professional.  I was planning to wait until the series was finished before telling you about it, but it is too good not to share.  ...

Steve Ballmer recently delivered a speech at the University of Washington, where he outlined his five dimensions on how people can realize value out of the cloud: · The cloud creates opportunities and responsibilities · The cloud learns and helps you...( read more )