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Video Presentation - Windows Azure Connect: from scratch
In this video/demo we go from scratch for folks with no knowledge of Windows Azure Connect...
Author: ...Planky Date: 01/10/2011
Plankytronixx Academy: Windows Azure Connect - Live Meeting MOVED from 15th Dec to 22nd Dec
It’s very unfortunate to have to do this, but the so-called “Plankytronixx Academy” (!) Windows...
Author: ...Planky Date: 12/14/2010
The business justification for your move to Windows Azure: The economics of the cloud.
In many ways you know a move to the cloud is right for certain aspects of your IT but trying to...
Author: ...Planky Date: 12/07/2010
Your Journey to the Cloud: Getting up to speed…
I’ve collated in to what I think is a logical order, the material it would be good for a...
Author: ...Planky Date: 12/07/2010
VIDEO: Zane’s take on SaaS, PaaS and IaaS
Andrew Fryer and Simon May from the team I work in managed to catch up with Zane Adam, General...
Author: ...Planky Date: 12/07/2010
YES! It’s a personal-best on the rowing machine
I know, I know; it’s nothing to do with technology but but but. I got a personal-best on the rowing...
Author: ...Planky Date: 12/06/2010
Plankytronixx Academy: Windows Azure Connect - Live Meeting on 15th December 16:00-17:15 UK time (08:00–09:15 PST)
IMPORTANT: DATE-CHANGE It’s very unfortunate to have to do this, but the so-called “Plankytronixx...
Author: ...Planky Date: 12/06/2010
HowTo: Stop temporary contractors from accessing the cloud while giving full access to full-timers
The nervousness of finance sector and public sector customers regarding the deployment of...
Author: ...Planky Date: 12/03/2010
Windows Azure 1.3 SDK released
The long-awaited 1.3 SDK with support for the following (from the download page): Virtual Machine...
Author: ...Planky Date: 11/30/2010
Windows Azure VM Role: Looking at it a different way
The debate regarding PaaS vs. IaaS continues at pace. It seems as though no mention of this debate...
Author: ...Planky Date: 11/27/2010
VIDEO: Mark Rendle’s Talk at the inaugural Cloud Evening
Just thought I’d post this. It’s also cross-posted on to the Cloud Evening Web Site. Cloud Evening...
Author: ...Planky Date: 11/27/2010
Single-sign-on between on-premise apps, Windows Azure apps and Office 365 services.
A lot of people don’t realise there will be 2 very interesting features in Office 365 which makes...
Author: ...Planky Date: 11/27/2010
The Dead Portal Society
I’ve just met an ISV who made an interesting observation about where the notion of cloud computing...
Author: ...Planky Date: 11/19/2010
Learn Windows Azure in 33 minutes
If you’re new to it, or you want to be able to explain the whole Windows Azure, SQL Azure, AppFab...
Author: ...Planky Date: 11/18/2010
VIDEO: Ross Scott’s talk at the inaugural Cloud Evening event, 11th November, London, UK. Experiences of a small start-up with Windows Azure.
At last I have rendered and posted Ross Scott’s talk about the experiences of a small startup with...
Author: ...Planky Date: 11/16/2010
Cloudeve.ning: report on the inaugural meeting - 11th November, Clerkenwell, London
Cloudeve.ning got off to a great start with 46 keen and eager technologists turning up to the...
Author: ...Planky Date: 11/15/2010
The future of Silverlight starts now
I thought it’d be good to point folks in the direction of this event, in the light of all the...
Author: ...Planky Date: 11/12/2010
New UK-based Windows Azure Data Center
In a move designed to cater for those organisations that are bound by the various data protection...
Author: ...Planky Date: 11/11/2010
Azure Connect: connecting your on-premise and Windows Azure networks together.
I made a post describing how to domain-join instances you have running in the Azure cloud. This post...
Author: ...Planky Date: 11/09/2010
Cloud Power: the power of the cloud.
When I did a video interview with Doug Hauger, General Manager of Windows Azure a few weeks back, he...
Author: ...Planky Date: 11/08/2010
Difference between an Azure app “domain-joined” to your Active Directory and an Azure app joined to your Active Directory through AppFab:ACS.
I’ve been getting a lot of questions about the differences between a domain-joined application...
Author: ...Planky Date: 11/06/2010
My absolutely and utterly fantastic Windows Phone 7
I’ve had it for less than 24 hours and there is no doubt I am converted. I never owned an iPhone,...
Author: ...Planky Date: 11/04/2010
You can now join your Azure instances to your local AD
I was particularly interested in the features of Azure Connect – up until now called “Project...
Author: ...Planky Date: 11/02/2010
The Windows Azure XS instance
In my interview with Doug Hauger, General Manager of Windows Azure – he suggested there’d be an...
Author: ...Planky Date: 11/02/2010
Forecasting a cloudy evening in London on 11th November…
An invitation to the inaugural Cloud Evening. Cloud Evening is the UK's only Cloud-focused user...
Author: ...Planky Date: 11/01/2010
Windows Azure pricing pleasures: compute for 5 cents/hour
When I interviewed Doug Hauger on video and asked a few of the slightly tougher questions, he...
Author: ...Planky Date: 10/30/2010
Windows Azure VMRole != IaaS
The addition of the new VMRole to the existing Web and Worker Roles, opens up many new possibilities...
Author: ...Planky Date: 10/29/2010
ALMaaS
…and why not? It means the range goes from Team Foundation Server (TFS) basic – a client install...
Author: ...Planky Date: 10/29/2010
Crypto Primer: How does SSL work?
Continuing from my Crypto Primer post, I said I’d describe SSL. I’m going to stick with the simple...
Author: ...Planky Date: 10/28/2010
Who will dominate the Cloud Landscape
Well, we had the Gartner Symposium in Florida last week. Just looking at the agenda, it’s pretty...
Author: ...Planky Date: 10/28/2010
Biometric morphing of passport data
Having recently applied for a replacement passport, I was surprised at how easy it was. The binding...
Author: ...Planky Date: 10/22/2010
Projecting your Active Directory Identity to the Azure Cloud
You get in to the office in the morning and hit CTRL-ALT-DEL to log in to your AD. SOme time later...
Author: ...Planky Date: 10/22/2010
Video: General Manager of Windows Azure answers some “tougher” questions
While he was visiting the UK, I managed to get some time with the General Manager of Windows Azure...
Author: ...Planky Date: 10/16/2010
Human attacks are the problem, not technical attacks
It’s amazing how people can be influenced by a convincing speaker who makes points with conviction,...
Author: ...Planky Date: 10/14/2010
Shipping Containers have never been so hot
Here I am in my new T-Shirt: We had a little caption competition in the office for some of our...
Author: ...Planky Date: 10/07/2010
It’s not about what we have, it’s about what we share that counts – Part Five.
Windows Live Messenger Connect: In parts one, two, three and four we looked at how the OAuth WRAP...
Author: ...Planky Date: 09/24/2010
microsoft.com migrates to Windows Azure Platform
Microsoft has started the migration of microsoftcom to the WIndows Azure platform. It has started...
Author: ...Planky Date: 09/20/2010
It's not about what we have, it's about what we share... Part Four
Well, at last! In this piece we get in to a little code and write something that runs! I'd recommend...
Author: ...Planky Date: 09/20/2010
It's not about what we have, it's about what we share... Part Three
Messenger Connect::: In Part One, we looked at the basic capabilities and the setup of security...
Author: ...Planky Date: 09/09/2010
Windows Azure training – priced to sell: £0.00
I guess that means it's $0.00. And €0.00 too. You don't get a + operator for exchange rate...
Author: ...Planky Date: 09/09/2010
When does free mean free in Windows Azure?
When does free mean free in Windows Azure? EXACTLY when does charging start for your free Windows...
Author: ...Planky Date: 09/07/2010
UK Windows Azure Platform Online Conference - 20th September
You probably heard it about here first, or maybe here, or maybe straight from Eric Nelson's mouth;...
Author: ...Planky Date: 08/27/2010
It’s not about what we have, it’s about what we share… Part Two.
In part one I gave an overview of what was possible and started down the journey of the verious bits...
Author: ...Planky Date: 08/24/2010
It’s not about what we have, it’s about what we share… Part One.
Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Messenger, Spaces, Linkedin, Bebo and so the list goes on: places we...
Author: ...Planky Date: 08/20/2010