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Greg Willis

Architecture with Software + Services and the cloud

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Australian customers and partners at PDC 2009
I’m attending PDC 2009 in Los Angeles along with 40 or so (as at last week) customers and partners from Australia. If you haven’t registered yet and want to deep dive on any of our latest developer technology and be there for Windows Azure’s commercial Read More...
And the winner is…
I’m pleased to announce that the winner of the new CloudApp() Australian side-bet is an application called Traffic in the Cloud ; built by Brisbane-based developer, John O’Brien from Soul Solutions . Included below is John’s description of Traffic in Read More...
new CloudApp() + the best of Australia ‘side-bet’
Microsoft recently announced new CloudApp (), a developer challenge for both .NET & PHP developers creating cloud applications or services on the Azure Services Platform.  Follow on twitter (#newCloudApp). There are categories for both US and Read More...
Tech.Ed Australia – Azure Call for Content Open
Tech•Ed 2009 season comes to Australia on Sept 8th – 11th.  There are 13 content tracks planned and I’m the owner for our track on the Azure Services Platform.  My colleague Nigel Watson is owner of the general Architecture track.   Read More...
JAOO Presentation
Recently I delivered an overview talk at JAOO in Sydney and Brisbane on Azure Services Platform, and specifically Windows Azure.   As always an interesting crowd with good questions at JAOO - thanks to Dave Thomas and the rest of the JAOO team Read More...
Getting started with Azure Services Platform
FAQ: Where do I find out more about architecting and developing apps for Azure?   Well there is www.azure.com , but specifically two of the best places to get up to speed are the “How Do I?” videos and the Azure Services Training Kit . The How Do Read More...
Speaking at JAOO this week
If you'll be at JAOO Sydney or JAOO Brisbane come along and see my talk The Cloud is Azure .  I will be talking about how Microsoft's cloud platform fits in with the emerging cloud taxonomy as well as discussing some of the key elements of the platform Read More...
.NET Services interoperability and new capabilities
One of the more unique elements of the Azure Services Platform is .NET Services . Much of the current discussion around Cloud Computing focuses on moving certain IT workloads to the cloud (for example email like Microsoft Online ) or cloud compute and Read More...
Software + Services meets Sydney Mardi Gras
For the last week I’ve been working with the shy and retiring web guru Michael Kordahi on a solution to deliver enhanced coverage of the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade to the readers of the Sydney Morning Herald and Fairfax’s other Australian newspapers like Read More...
Azure Services Platform Developer Training in Sydney
We have a couple of last-minute spots available on an Azure Services Platform developer training course next week (March 10th – 12th) in Sydney City.    If you’re a hands-on Solutions Architect or Senior Developer this is a great chance Read More...
Understanding the Microsoft Cloud Platform
At the end of last week I was busy with our Steve Ballmer Power to Developers event here in Sydney.  Here is the complete video from our cloud development overview session. During Gianpaolo’s visit we had some good local discussions with the customer Read More...
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