This is an ongoing series of posts and studies on cloud computing and related concepts, and the Microsoft platform and strategies. This post will serve as an index of related posts on this blog, and will be updated periodically. Read the full article...

It has been a couple of months since I wrote about cloud computing and Microsoft’s plans and strategies . Now that Azure Services Platform has been unveiled at PDC2008 , and after having the opportunities to discuss it with a community of architects from...

It has just been a few days since Anne Thomas Manes at Burton Group published her post “ SOA is Dead; Long Live Services ”, and it has stirred up quite a storm of comments in the blogosphere. Most of what I read though, seem to be in alignment with what...

One of the interesting items announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week was Microsoft Tag ( http://www.microsoft.com/tag ). It is a different kind of bar code, intended to be read by cameras in cell phones and mobile devices with Internet...

Join us for a new type of developer event - MSDN Unleashed is coming to SoCal! This special installment consists of hands on labs, with a preconfigured computer set up for use for each attendee.  The topic for this session is Silverlight 2.0. ...

If you haven't already registered at http://www.socalcodecamp.com for the upcoming Rock & Roll Code Camp to be held in Fullerton - why not take a minute to do it now!?!? Remember, CODE CAMP IS FREE!!! January 24th & 25th, 2009 University of California...

THE NATURE OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT IS RADICALLY CHANGING … ARE YOU READY? We’re bringing the PDC (Professional Developers Conference held in Los Angeles in October 2008) to you! For just $99 you’ll get the best of the PDC in your own backyard and hear...

Are you interested about WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) but concerned about the learning curve?  Have you seen Silverlight but don’t know where to get started?  Or are you curious about how tools like Visual Studio and Expression Blend...