To answer a popular request we’ve been getting from our customers, Wade Wegner our AppFabric evangelist has written a blog post that explains how to use the SAML CredentialType to Authenticate to the Service Bus. Read Wade’s blog post to learn more on...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] We have launched the new Windows Azure Platform Management Portal , and with it the database manager for SQL Azure (formerly known as Project Houston). Now, you can manage all your Windows Azure platform...

Roger Jennings is the owner of OakLeaf Systems , a software consulting firm in northern California. He is also a prolific blogger and author , including a book on Windows Azure. Roger is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. In this...

We have launched the new Windows Azure Platform Management Portal , and with it the database manager for SQL Azure (formerly known as Project Houston). Now, you can manage all your Windows Azure platform resources from a single location – including...

At PDC10 last month, we announced a host of enhancements for Windows Azure designed to make it easier for customers to run existing Windows applications on Windows Azure, enable more affordable platform access and improve the Windows Azure developer and...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] As part of the Real World SQL Azure series, we talked to Vittorio Polizzi, Chief Technology Officer at EdisonWeb , about using Microsoft SQL Azure to host his company’s Web Signage...

As part of the Real World DataMarket series, we talked to Fabrice Marguerie, Owner of metaSapiens, about his plans to align his data querying tool, Sesame Data Browser with DataMarket (a part of Windows Azure Marketplace) to gain access to a global developer...

As part of the Real World SQL Azure series, we talked to Vittorio Polizzi, Chief Technology Officer at EdisonWeb , about using Microsoft SQL Azure to host his company’s Web Signage application, which manages content for digital signs in retail stores...

As part of the Real World Windows Azure series, we talked to Allen Smith, Chief of Police for the Atlantic Beach Police Department, about using the Windows Azure platform for its first-responders, law enforcement solution. Here's what he had to say...

Today’s update to DataMarket completes the roll out of paid data offerings that we announced at PDC last month, across all US-based DataMarket accounts. What does this mean? All US-based accounts are now able to purchase data offerings on DataMarket....

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] In the November 2010 issue of MSDN Magazine Joseph Fultz wrote an article titled: “ SQL Azure and Windows Azure Table Storage ”. Joseph contends that often there is a point of confusion understanding...

In the November 2010 issue of MSDN Magazine Joseph Fultz wrote an article titled: “ SQL Azure and Windows Azure Table Storage ”. Joseph contends that often there is a point of confusion understanding the differences between Windows Azure Table Storage...

Checkout out this great session December 1st to learn more about building innovative new applications with DataMarket! Session Title : DataMarket: Enabling ISVs to build innovative applications across industry verticals Date: December 1, 8 am-9am PST...

Chandra Krintz is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is also the director of the AppScale open source project. Chandra has received a number of awards, including the 2010 IBM X10...

[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.] Over the past year, since the release of SQL Azure, we’ve been focused on delivering the highest quality database in the cloud. SQL Azure builds on the already strong SQL Server platform, but delivers...

The Microsoft Corporate Strategy Group has just released a new whitepaper, "The Economics of the Cloud" , which details underlying the economics driving IT's shift towards the cloud. This paper, written by Rolf Harms, director of the Corporate Strategy...

Cloud platforms are a new world, and they open new possibilities. Reflecting this, the Windows Azure programming model helps developers create applications that are easier to administer, more available, and more scalable than those built using traditional...

Roger Jennings is the owner of OakLeaf Systems , a software consulting firm in northern California. He is also a prolific blogger and author , including a book on Windows Azure. Roger is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. In this...

Jonathan Ellis chairs the Cassandra project at the Apache Software Foundation and is the co-founder of Riptano, a commercial entity that provides software, support, and training for Cassandra. Prior to the founding of Riptano in the spring of 2010, Jonathan...

Charlton Barreto is an accomplished and visionary cloud, Web, and distributed computing expert. He is currently a Technology Strategist in cloud technologies at Intel, where he has worked since 2008. His previous role was with Adobe as a Technology Evangelist...

Chris C. Kemp is CTO of NASA, a position he has held since March of 2010. Before that appointment, he was NASA's CIO and was in charge of the Ames Research Center, the Security Operations Center, and various other facilities. Chris started with NASA as...

At PDC10 last month, we announced a host of enhancements for Windows Azure designed to make it easier for customers to run existing Windows applications on Windows Azure, enable more affordable platform access and improve the Windows Azure developer and...

Today at Supercomputing 2010 in New Orleans, Microsoft announced the release of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) BLAST on Windows Azure , a new application that enables a broader community of scientists to combine desktop resources...

Last week at SIBOS 2010 in Amsterdam, Misys announced a new strategic alliance with Microsoft that will deliver Misys' banking and capital markets applications via the Windows Azure platform. As Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft...