http://blogs.msdn.com/domgreen/archive/tags/channel+9/default.aspxTags: channel 9en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/domgreen/archive/2009/04/14/5-minutes-into-the-first-quarter.aspxTue, 14 Apr 2009 23:16:23 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9549135domgreen1http://blogs.msdn.com/domgreen/comments/9549135.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/domgreen/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9549135<object data="data:application/x-silverlight-2," type="application/x-silverlight-2" width="320" height="240"> <param name="source" value="http://channel9.msdn.com/App_Themes/default/VideoPlayer2009_02_11.xap" /> <param name="initParams" value="m=mms://mschnlnine.wmod.llnwd.net/a1809/d1/ch9/5/5/2/3/6/4/E2EAmitabhSrivastava_s_ch9.wmv,autostart=false,autohide=true,showembed=true, thumbnail=http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/5/5/2/3/6/4/E2EAmitabhSrivastava_large_ch9.png, postid=463255" /> <param name="background" value="#00FFFFFF" /> <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=124807" style="text-decoration: none;"> <img src="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=108181" alt="Get Microsoft Silverlight" style="border-style: none" /> </a> </object> <p>Great <a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Going+Deep/Expert-to-Expert-Amitabh-Srivastava-Windows-Azure-and-Cloud-Computing/" target="_blank">Channel 9 video</a> featuring Amitabh Srivastava the VP for Windows Azure, talking about Azure, the cloud, cloud services, developing for the cloud and some insights into what's in store for the future.</p> <p>My favourite quote from this hour long dive into Azure, is when Amitabh say’s that he sees Azure and the current state of the cloud only being only:</p> <blockquote> <p align="center"><strong><em>“5 minutes into the first quarter”</em></strong></p> </blockquote> <p>With such great advances being made from many of the big players in computing to push towards cloud technologies, it will really be an interesting area in the months and years to come.</p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:8bf6b349-d951-4102-a59f-e10644fa3515" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Azure" rel="tag">Azure</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Cloud+Computing" rel="tag">Cloud Computing</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Video" rel="tag">Video</a></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9549135" width="1" height="1">AzureCloudVideochannel 9