Connected Show #39 – The Battle of The 5s
In this episode, frequent guest & co-host Andrew Brust joins Peter to re-cap the recent Microsoft PDC 2010 conference and Silverlight 5 Firestarter. Andrew and Peter discuss the latest Azure platform developments, including VM role, Admin mode, and SQL Azure sharding. In the mix, they cover some news for PHP developers looking to the cloud for a solution.
Also, Andrew provides us with some blue badge analysis on the future of Silverlight in an HTML5 world.
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Andrew Brust’s Information
Things Discussed During Episode #39
Windows Phone 7 Stuff
- Peter Gets The Samsung Focus with Windows Phone 7
- 4000 Apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace
- Squeakbox – The Ultimate Sound Effect App for Windows Phone 7
Windows Azure Firestarter Stuff
- Content & Recordings of Azure Firestarer Fall 2010 Series Now Available
- US Cloud Connection – Connecting US Devs With Azure
Windows Azure @ The PDC 2010
- Windows Azure PDC 2010 Announcements
- Windows Azures 3.0 Maturity In A 2.0 Release (analysis by Andrew Brust)
- What’s New In Windows Azure – Ori Amiga (PDC Video)
- Want To Know More About Windows Azure News From PDC 10? Here’s How! (via Windows Azure Team Blog)
- SQL Azure PDC 2010 Announcements (via SQL Azure Team Blog)
Windows Azure Interop Stuff
- PHP Resource Center For Windows Azure
- Windows Azure Companion for PHP Apps In Azure
- Jim O’Neil Shows How To Load WordPress In Azure With the Azure Companion
- Peter Learns About A Prairie Home Companion
- Zend Framework 1.11 Ships With Windows Azure Access Via The Simple Cloud API
- Open In The Cloud: Improving The Java Developer Experience on Windows Azure
Silverlight 5 Firestarter Stuff
- The Future of Silverlight Unveiled: Silverlight Firestarter - VIDEOS Now Available
- Scott Guthrie: Announcing Silverlight 5
- The Future of Microsoft Silverlight
- Silverlight 5 Plans Revealed (Tim Heuer)
- Silverlight 5 Announced; Conquest By HTML5 Rebuffed? (analysis by Andrew Brust)
- Extra Extra Silverlight is Dead. What?!