Architecture & Stuff

News Flash: Try Windows Azure for One Month Free!

Hot news flash: You can now try Windows Azure and SQL Azure for a month – FREE! Now you can do...

Author: Wzack Date: 08/05/2010

SQL Azure Performance, The Missing SQL Server Agent and SQL Azure Labs

Improving Your SQL Azure I/O Performance The SQL Azure team has done a post on improving SQL Azure...

Author: Wzack Date: 08/02/2010

SQL Azure, Houston and a Side Note

SQL Azure & Project Houston   Houston is a new Silverlight tool to allow you to develop and...

Author: Wzack Date: 07/26/2010

The Best of Windows Azure This Week

  1. Implementing Geographic Redundancy with SQL Azure Geographic redundancy is a fancy word for...

Author: Wzack Date: 07/20/2010

New Year – New Role for Me

Microsoft’s fiscal year begins in July. A such July is the time for any changes in roles and...

Author: Wzack Date: 07/19/2010

Azure and High Scale Compute

Azure High Scale Compute (HSC) is a Windows Azure implementation of the Map-Reduce parallel...

Author: Wzack Date: 06/24/2010

Microsoft is “All In” Cloud Expo in New York

Lest there be any doubt that Microsoft is “All In” the cloud, we recently were one of the primary...

Author: Wzack Date: 05/01/2010

Public Clouds: Clear or Murky?

This week I had the privilege of attending the Cloud Computing Expo in New York at the Jacob Javits...

Author: Wzack Date: 04/23/2010

Windows Azure Design Patterns

One of the challenges in adopting a new platform is finding usable design patterns that work for...

Author: Wzack Date: 03/28/2010

Windows Azure Platform Training Roadmap

This training roadmap is based on internal work done by Fred Pace, Danny Garber and others at...

Author: Wzack Date: 03/13/2010

Microsoft is “All In” the Cloud

Those of you who know me know that for over two years I have been a strong believer in the Cloud in...

Author: Wzack Date: 03/05/2010

Architect Cafe Webcast Series

I am part of a team that is putting on a series of architecture webcasts this month. Please tune in....

Author: Wzack Date: 03/02/2010

The Danger in Relying on the Electric Utility Model for the Cloud.

But first: Why I haven’t been posting as much lately Every so often I read a post that starts with...

Author: Wzack Date: 02/28/2010

3 Screens & the Cloud in New York

I spoke about Microsoft’s 3 Screens and the Cloud vision at a local Technology Council panel in New...

Author: Wzack Date: 01/18/2010

NYC Code Camp Saturday March 6th: Call for Papers!

The NYC developer community is proud to announce our 4th (sort of annual) Code Camp to be held on...

Author: Wzack Date: 01/06/2010

Windows Azure in 20 Minutes!

  I had the opportunity to present The Windows Azure Platform at the 2nd Annual ISV Architects...

Author: Wzack Date: 12/10/2009

Bye Bye .NET Services! Hello AppFabric

Windows Azure Platform .NET Services (Service Bus and Access Control Service) is now Windows Azure...

Author: Wzack Date: 11/22/2009

@PDC – Visiting the Microsoft Retail Store in CA

I plan to do a lot of blogging about Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference and Windows...

Author: Wzack Date: 11/15/2009

Windows Azure Platform TCO/ROI Comparison Tool

The folks from Alinan have developed a very comprehensive and detailed TCO/ROI comparison tool for...

Author: Wzack Date: 11/12/2009

New York New Jersey Southern Connecticut Windows Azure Events Calendar

This is the beginning of an on-going calendar of Windows Azure related events in the New York, New...

Author: Wzack Date: 11/09/2009

More Happy is Here !!!

Technorati Tags: Windows 7 I like working for Microsoft (That's in case my boss is listening :-))...

Author: Wzack Date: 10/22/2009

Architecture Thought Leaders Gathered in New York

Technorati Tags: Architecture,Microsoft It is great when my worlds collide. As many of you know I am...

Author: Wzack Date: 10/19/2009

What to do till the SQL Azure management tools come?

Technorati Tags: SQL Azure,Architecture,Practical Guidance SQL Azure will go live next month at PDC...

Author: Wzack Date: 10/18/2009

TechNet & MSDN Events Present: Real World Azure

We invite you to explore Windows Azure™ – Microsoft’s platform for building and deploying cloud...

Author: Wzack Date: 09/25/2009

The Azure Deployment and Management API is Here!

As promised Microsoft announced today some very important enhancements to the Windows Azure...

Author: Wzack Date: 09/18/2009

Confused about Windows Azure .NET Services?

Windows Azure .NET Services provides powerful capabilities to connect disparate endpoints across and...

Author: Wzack Date: 09/11/2009

Innovation/Showcase in Internet Explorer 8 and Silverlight 3

Join us at Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 and Silverlight 3 Innovation Showcase where you can learn...

Author: Wzack Date: 08/28/2009

IASA New York IT Architect Regional Conference 2009

As some of you know I run the local chapter of the International Association of Software Architects...

Author: Wzack Date: 05/23/2009

Free Azure Services Platform “How Do I” Videos

The Azure Services Platform “How Do I” videos are free, task-oriented, and...

Author: Wzack Date: 04/24/2009

Azure videos worth watching

Last week at MIX09, several new announcements were made for Windows Azure.  First, Full Trust...

Author: Wzack Date: 03/27/2009

Overcoming Fear of Clouding

  One of the reasons that companies are resisting moving applications (or parts of...

Author: Wzack Date: 03/24/2009

MIX 09 Videos available now

This is Just a quick note to tell you that over 80 videos of the MIX 09 Keynote and breakout...

Author: Wzack Date: 03/20/2009

New York Microsoft Cloud Computing User Group Meeting

The New York chapter of the Microsoft Cloud Computing User Group meets again on January 26, 2009 At...

Author: Wzack Date: 01/06/2009

Little-known history of “Cloud Computing”

While a consultant to AT&T in the early 80s I worked on a project to build a “cloud”...

Author: Wzack Date: 11/06/2008

Did you miss PDC?

At the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) we announced a whole bunch of technologies...

Author: Wzack Date: 11/05/2008

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut Clouds

Continuing our coverage of Microsoft Cloud Services and related topics.  If you are located in...

Author: Wzack Date: 10/25/2008

Closing in on the Cloud

I can't tell you how glad I am that PDC is finally approaching.  When it come to Microsoft's...

Author: Wzack Date: 10/02/2008

Learn More about "The Cloud" at PDC2008

In case you haven't been to the PDC site recently we just announced two symposia that are are...

Author: Wzack Date: 09/26/2008

Looks like the Clouds are opening up!

Technorati Tags: Cloud,Cloud Services A few days ago I told you about all the great sessions on...

Author: Wzack Date: 09/10/2008

Turning our Attention to the Cloud

As a new blogger I have jumped around a bit in the topics that I have ben covering recently. In the...

Author: Wzack Date: 09/05/2008

Not your Grandmother's Service Pack!

Last week I told you about how we recorded a presentation by Shanku Niyogi, Microsoft Product Unit...

Author: Wzack Date: 08/15/2008

Visual Studio 2008/.NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1

In addition to working for Microsoft as an Architect Evangelist and running the local chapter of the...

Author: Wzack Date: 08/01/2008

Have you seen the New ARCast?

One of Microsoft great resources for architects over the past few years has been it's ARCast series...

Author: Wzack Date: 07/21/2008

David Chappell on Software+Services

David Chappell, noted author and lecturer, gave a presentation on Software+Services to a group of...

Author: Wzack Date: 07/11/2008

The Microsoft Certified Architect Program

Quite a few folks have expressed an interest in the Microsoft Certified Architect Program. ...

Author: Wzack Date: 07/08/2008

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