In my previous post on Hadoop I showed how you could easily deploy a cluster to run on Azure. What was missing was a way to efficiently use the cluster. You could always remote desktop to the Job Tracker and kick off a job but there are better ways. ...

In a previous post I showed how to configure a service to allow for remote access using PowerShell Remoting . Another way of achieving the same goal is to use SSH. SSH is capable of more than just remote access – copying files and tunneling are...

Every so often I deploy a service to Azure which requires some sort of manual intervention during its execution. That typically involves issuing a few commands from the machine hosting the service or maybe even updating configuration files. The regular...

Is it possible to deploy a Hadoop cluster in Azure? It sure is and setting one up is not difficult, here’s how you do it. Update : Microsoft has recently announced a new 'Big Data' strategy and Hadoop is an integral part of it. Microsoft...

When multiple instances of an application need to share data in Azure they typically use Azure Storage or SQL Azure. Some legacy applications were written to use Shared Folders to exchange information between instances or in producer/consumer scenarios...

You have an existing Java application or are developing a new one and want to take advantage of the cloud? Azure is an attractive platform for deploying a variety of applications, including Java based apps. In Azure you simply upload your application...