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Windows Azure : Storage API updates

A number of new storage features for blobs has been pushed to the cloud in the latest July SDK.  Probably the most exciting feature is the ‘ Shared Access Signature ’ (aka leased blobs).  This feature allows you to generate one-time, temporally Read More...
Posted Friday, August 14, 2009 4:34 AM by neilhut | 0 Comments

White House mulls making NASA a center for federal cloud computing

There was an interesting article last week where the Obama administration was considering NASA as a prototype for its outsource plans and support for the cloud. It is a good read, but in the end, it highlights the confusion in the industry around cloud Read More...
Posted Monday, August 10, 2009 4:55 PM by neilhut | 0 Comments

Released: Windows Azure Management Tool (MMC)

  Ryan in the team has just release the Windows Azure MMC .  This tool was created to manage storage accounts in Windows Azure and makes it simple to help debug, create, and explore your storage solutions.  Features Manage multiple storage Read More...
Posted Friday, May 15, 2009 11:40 PM by neilhut | 1 Comments

Open Source PHP Project for Windows Azure

I have just been browsing an interesting project on codeplex which will provide PHP developers with a SDK to enable them to easily access the features of Windows Azure. In particular, enabling developers to access Blogs, Tables and Queues. There will Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 14, 2009 4:57 PM by neilhut | 1 Comments

Steve Ballmer maps out Microsoft’s Cloud Platform

Here is an article from the NY Times today which has a doodle from Steve Ballmer which outlines the Microsoft Cloud Platform. You can see the full article here. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/20/steve-ballmer-maps-microsofts-cloud-y-future/ The Read More...
Posted Tuesday, March 24, 2009 6:00 AM by neilhut | 1 Comments

Azure Services Training Kit – February Update

Want to know how to architect applications for Windows Azure and the rest of the Azure Services Platform? Need to get detailed training on all these Azure technologies? Well here goes…. We have just released an updated version of the Azure Services Training Read More...
Posted Friday, February 13, 2009 6:38 AM by neilhut | 1 Comments

Microsoft’s Datacenter Vision

Last week there was a lot of discussion about some of the thinking about a future generation of data centers which become a lot more flexible, cost effective and quick to install and get on-line in the right locations. You can click on the video to see Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 09, 2008 4:21 AM by neilhut | 1 Comments

Head in the Cloud, Feet on the Ground

Eugenio Pace and Gianpaolo Carraro from the architect team have just published and article in the latest Architect Journal ( #17) which is entitled " Head in the Cloud, Feet on the Ground " which talks about the possibilities of the moving IT assets from Read More...
Posted Wednesday, October 22, 2008 9:43 PM by neilhut | 1 Comments

PDC Attendees get a 160GB USB Drive with all the goodies!!

Personally I am not a big fan of the "Software + Services" PDC theme, but behind the scenes I know that the new software announcements that we are going to make will erase any bitterness I have from my memory :-) However, there is some other Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 23, 2008 11:12 AM by neilhut | 1 Comments

Bill Gates Signs Off with some great Demos

If anybody says that demos do not make a great presentation, there wrong. Through my career at Microsoft, a great, simple demo have always helped crystallize the message that I was conveying. Today at TechED Developer 2008 Bill Gates provided one of his Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 4:37 PM by neilhut | 1 Comments

The Race to the Cloud

As predicted from TechCrunch yesterday, Google has announced the pricing model for their App Engine pricing, plus a few other features which are coming down the pipe a little later in the year. With the following pricing ( together with AWS ), this sets Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2008 5:24 PM by neilhut | 1 Comments

Building the Microsoft Data Center

When we are adding 10,000-20,000 servers to your data center every month, you need to have a pretty good architects and a plan for how you can reduce the carbon footprint. Secondly, have you ever heard about container-based data centers??? Read on. Mike Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:19 AM by neilhut | 2 Comments
 
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