#Azure Action – Weekly Newsletter – 4th March 2011
Local Overview
Pledge your support on the Christchurch earthquake site
- 80% of all new software development will be in the cloud by 2014? Tim Dillon, Analyst IDC
- Phil Goldie talks to Wayne Houlden CEO, Janison
“removing infrastructure o/heads means focus on what's important - app quality and user experience”
- Richard Smith recommended reading the US Federal Government Cloud Computing Strategy document
(interested related read: Why Government Should Consider Windows Azure as Part of its “Cloud-First” Strategy)
Readiness & Resources:
Reading:
- Windows Azure
Building FTP Server on Windows Azure – but WHY?
How to Get Started with Java, Tomcat on Windows Azure
Book Release: The Windows Azure Handbook, Volume 1: Strategy & Planning
- SQL Azure
Signing Up for the SQL Azure Reporting Services CTP
Watch:
- Cloud Cover Episode 38 - VM Role with Corey and Cory
- Predicting the Future: The Next Step in BI
- Predixion talk about their use of medical data to find the top 10 medications and use predictive analytics to suggest possible related conditions.
Case Study
Tools:
- Windows Forms applications to ASP.NET web application tool. Now supports Windows Azure transformation
Guidance:
Walkthrough:
Design
In the news:
General news:
- How to Fail in Cloud Computing Deployment
- Capacity aggregation: Cloud's great experiment
- Intel Courts the Cloud Builders with reference architecture
- Galileo Processing Unveils Cloud Computing for Payment Processing - private cloud?
- Ebay to make its own private cloud
"The private cloud will have the ability to run in its own data center or with a third-party data center
Microsoft
Windows Azure
- Windows Azure Platform Training Kit - February Update (in March)
- CTP of the Windows Azure Starter Kit for #Java
- Improving experience for Java developers with Windows Azure
Events:
Local:
IDC Cloud for Business Conference on the 3rd of March where Microsoft will be a Platinum Sponsor. Venue: Shangri-La Hotel, Sydney
Cloud Computing Forum – Run by Orion VM (Sheng Yeo) First Friday in March (see website)
Azure ISV Acceleration Labs pencilled in for 28th-30th March – more details to follow
Readify DevDays - 17th Build a Web Application
Cloud Summit - Adelaide March 22nd and Perth March 24th
Webinar:
- Free Webinar Tuesday, March 8 8am PT : "Moving Client/Server and Windows Forms Applications to Windows Azure with Visual WebGui Instant Cloud Move"
Community:
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Become a fan: www.facebook.com/windowsazure (Azure Facebook Toolkit)
Want answers? See the forums
Add yourself to my Azure Australia Twitter list
Cloud Podcast Audio Panel show – Cloud Cast (episode 1 now published – Whose Cloud is it anyway?)
Coming soon….Azure Meetups!
Questions:
Where do I find out more information about Azure diagnostics? Here a few starter links….
Walkthrough
Information Links