#Azure Action – Weekly Newsletter – 23rd July 2011 Mini

Mini update this week as overseas……

	Local Overview
	WESTPAC Banking Group expects to slash tens of millions of dollars from its IT budget thanks to a "private cloud" delivered by Microsoft and Fujitsu in Australia

	Readiness & Resources
Windows Azure:	Windows Azure Code Samples Page Gets a Makeover Testing Windows Azure Applications
SQL Azure:	Data Consistency Models - Referential Integrity with Federations in SQL Azure
AppFabric:	Tutorial: Creating a custom external service in Azure AppFabric June CTP
HPC:	Dynamic earthquake simulation - Nice example of tile overlay (in this case HPC MPI job) on Bing Maps:

	In the news:
General:	How to minimize cloud security risks Cloud Computing Can Save Big Firms Billions in Energy Costs | Computing 'Our education problem can be solved with cloud computing'
Microsoft:	Microsoft Deepens Cloud Partnership with Capgemini -- Redmond Channel Partner Microsoft Releases Cloud Migration, Office 365 Assessment Tool
Windows Azure:	Microsoft Research Debuts 'Daytona' Azure Analytics Tools New social gaming toolkit Tankster, a Social Game Built for Windows Azure DNN Azure Accelerator 6.0 is coming! New Book: Developing Microsoft SharePoint Applications Using Windows Azure

	Community
Social:	Become a Facebook fan Add yourself to my Azure Australia Twitter list Keep up to date with our monthly CloudCast Mailing list for OzAzure

	Questions
Q:	Where can I find firewall information concerning the Windows Azure Service Bus?
A:	Some ServiceBus guidance can be found here and Firewall settings here The Windows Azure Data Center IP range is described in terms of the Windows Azure AppFabric: October 2010 January 2011