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Microsoft and Oracle announce Cloud Partnership
Great news for Windows Azure platform: Microsoft and Oracle announced partnership that will enable...
Date: 06/25/2013
Nice Guidance: Build Your Private Cloud in a Month with System Center 2012 SP1, Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V and Windows Azure
A really good (technical) blog post that describes the concepts around Private Cloud and how to...
Date: 05/07/2013
Windows Azure Infrastructure Services, Virtual Machines and Virtual Network, now are generally available!
Today is a major milestone for Windows Azure and all of Microsoft customers and partners. It was...
Date: 04/16/2013
News: Microsoft Acquires MetricsHub
More information can be found on this blog post, but Microsoft acquired cloud monitoring startup...
Date: 03/05/2013
SQL Server in Windows Azure VM vs. Windows Azure SQL Database
I just came across this great blog post describing the differences between SQL Server in Windows...
Date: 02/18/2013
Windows Azure SQL Database vs. SQL Server explained
A short while ago, a great whitepaper was published, that explains the differences between Windows...
Date: 02/01/2013
IDC Whitepaper: Technology Analysts Predict Widening Cloud Skills Gap for IT
This is a really interesting whitepaper on the topic of Cloud Computing related jobs and their...
Date: 12/20/2012
EU launches European Cloud Partnership steering board
EU steps up in the efforts to move to Cloud Computing by launching European Cloud Partnership...
Date: 11/21/2012
Going Super-Compute with Windows Azure
Windows Azure team just revealed all the work they were doing in the HPC space or as they dub it...
Date: 11/13/2012
You’re running out of excuses to not try Microsoft Windows Azure
That’s the title of the article written by James Staten for Forrester Research and it actually...
Date: 11/06/2012
Whitepaper: Best Practices for the Design of Large-Scale Services on Windows Azure Cloud Services
I just hade some time to browse through and read portions of a new whitepaper that was released and...
Date: 10/18/2012
Good Set of Azure Resources!
I was just reading Tara Seppa’s blog post and she summarizes some of the Azure partner programs and...
Date: 10/18/2012
Is quality spaghetti enough ???
Great insight on how to describe the SaaS business model by a colleague David Szabo… I would...
Date: 10/18/2012
StorSimple is Part of Microsoft Now!
Hot from the press: “Microsoft Corp. and StorSimple Inc. today announced that Microsoft has reached...
Date: 10/16/2012
Windows Azure Virtual Machines and Disk IO Performance
I was lately in many conversations around the IO performance of the disk drives on top of Windows...
Date: 10/04/2012
Windows Azure Online Backup (for Windows Server 2012) is Live
With the new launch of the Windows Server 2012 another interesting capability has come into the...
Date: 09/08/2012
Fresh from the oven: Whitepaper on SharePoint Deployment on Windows Azure Virtual Machines
A new whitepaper was just released that provides guidance about the benefits of Windows Azure...
Date: 09/07/2012
Check Out Windows Azure Mobile Services!
Windows Azure Mobile Services are available NOW… here is a quick description of the functionality:...
Date: 08/29/2012
Outlook.com is Live!
Awesome changes for the users of the Hotmail/Live.com… Check out Outlook.com or OutlookPreview.com:...
Date: 07/31/2012
Update on the "Trust Services" (for Windows Azure) is available!
Microsoft Codename "Trust Services" is an application-level encryption framework that can...
Date: 07/10/2012
CEE CloudInsider Portal and Community is Live!
Hi, With my colleagues we started this project, as we understand how difficult it is to sort the...
Date: 06/22/2012
Microsoft Surface… can’t wait!
Check out: www.surface.com
Date: 06/19/2012
Windows Azure Security Guidance Article
A really good and comprehensive guidance on how to implement security features into your solution,...
Date: 06/09/2012
Microsoft Media Platform: Open Source Player Framework
While reading about Windows Azure Media Services, I stumbled upon this link. It’s an open source,...
Date: 05/28/2012
How to Monitor/Deploy Windows Azure Application(s) with System Center 2012
I read through a good blog post from a colleague Damien Caro on the monitoring of Windows Azure...
Date: 05/26/2012
Meet Windows Azure!
https://www.meetwindowsazure.com/ No comment, June 7th!
Date: 05/15/2012
SWIT Conference in Ukraine
About a month ago I had the privilege to held a couple of sessions on the Windows Azure topic on...
Date: 05/03/2012
Loving the new SkyDrive…
Really awesome improvements on how to integrate SkyDrive into your PC (or tablet… ok, ok IPhone,...
Date: 04/27/2012
Windows Azure Media Services are announced!
A new functionality was just added to the Windows Azure and it’s pretty exciting, especially if you...
Date: 04/23/2012
Plenty of Cloud Jobs, not Enough Experts…
I just read an interesting post in the Wired magazine, titled “Cloud Jobs Look Skyward, But Skills...
Date: 03/20/2012
Include Antimalware Protection in your Windows Azure Web and Worker roles…
Ha, interesting way of additional protection for your roles, running in Windows Azure. This was just...
Date: 03/18/2012
Building Hybrid Applications in the Cloud on Windows Azure™
Another great release by the Patterns & Practices team, this time focusing on Hybrid...
Date: 03/18/2012
Universe at your fingertips
I have just stumbled upon this site https://www.chronozoomproject.org from Microsoft Research and...
Date: 03/16/2012
AdventureWorks2012 Sample Databases on SQL Azure
Do you need sample databases in the cloud for testing purposes? Do you want to experience the power...
Date: 03/11/2012
Romanian Ministry Creates National Cloud Service to Ensure Top Performance of Exams Website
A great case study coming from Romania, full description here: The Romanian Ministry of...
Date: 03/08/2012
SQL Azure Test Security Service Preview Available
An interesting feature has been released to the SQL Azure Labs website, called SQL Azure Test...
Date: 02/02/2012
Database Sharding in the Cloud: SQL Azure Federations
I just had some time on my hands to try out the new Windows Azure feature called SQL Azure...
Date: 12/27/2011
Live Now: Enterprise Library 5.0 Integration Pack for Windows Azure
A new version of Enterprise Library has been released by the Patterns & Practices team @...
Date: 12/04/2011
The Amazing Everyday by Nokia
Loving it… I WANT THIS PHONE ! Introducing Nokia Lumia - The Amazing Everyday - YouTube
Date: 10/31/2011
Microsoft: Productivity Future Vision
FUTURE VISION: In 5-10 years, how will people get things done at work, at home, and on the go? Watch...
Date: 10/30/2011
System Center 2012 App Controller: managing On-Premise and Cloud together
A Beta release of System Center App Controller 2012 is now available! App Controller is a new member...
Date: 10/29/2011
P&P: Windows Azure Auto-Scaling Block (Preview)
Patterns & Practices team is working hard to enhance the Enterprise Library with new...
Date: 10/22/2011
Microsoft Dynamics Powered By Windows Azure
Yesterday some more news were released around the implementation of the Microsoft Dynamics NAV “7”...
Date: 10/14/2011
Guide to Claims-Based Identity and Access Control - 2nd Edition
A Guide to Claims-Based Identity and Access Control - 2nd Edition has been released by Microsoft...
Date: 09/27/2011
Windows Azure Geo-Replication Functionality
A couple of weeks ago, during the BUILD conference, and interesting functionality for Windows Azure...
Date: 09/26/2011
BUILD Conference: Day 2 Keynote
Great 2-day keynote on the Build Conference. Showing how to develop “Metro” (aka Windows 8)...
Date: 09/15/2011