April Newsletter – Debates on the Cloud

Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile April 2010       Windows Azure Design Patterns One of the challenges in adopting a new platform is finding usable design patterns that work for developing effective solutions. The Catch-22 is that design patterns are discovered and not invented. Nevertheless it is important to have some guidance on what design patterns make sense early in the game. Editor's picks [Forbes] Dissecting The Cloud Cloud computing brings up myriad questions. [Computer World] Managing the cloud How to manage cloud computing as part of an overall IT strategy. [CIO] How Not to Build a Cloud Here are six no-no's for cloud computing planning in your enterprise. From legacy software to outdated metrics, these potential pitfalls deserve careful consideration. Henrik Kniberg: Kanban vs. Scrum There's a lot of buzz on Kanban right now in the agile software development community. Since Scrum has become quite mainstream now, a common question is "so what is Kanban, and how does it compare to Scrum?" Vince Kellen: The CIO is Dead! Long Live the CIO! When viewed as a whole, the CIO community is paranoid and schizophrenic. Not only do we hear multiple conflicting voices in our collective heads, we have a sense that the future we created is out to get us. [Enterprise Systems] Privileged Access in the Virtualized Data Center No single solution can prevent all security risks in a virtualized data center, but automation can help. Download Latest Issue   TechEd NA 2010   .NET Development   MS Platform To cancel your subscription to this newsletter, reply to this message with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the Subject line. You can also unsubscribe at the Architecture Journal web site. You can manage all your Microsoft.com communication preferences at this site. Legal Information. This email was sent by: Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA, 98052, USA Sign up for other newsletters | Unsubscribe | Update your profile © 2010 Microsoft Corporation Terms of Use | Trademarks | Privacy Statement