Summary Statement: CloudCamp rocked! I got to meet a lot of smart people and have a lot of smart conversations! Ok, so I probably shouldn’t write the summary statement first, but I’m not one for standard operating procedure. But I digress, I’ll dive straight into the cloud topics and the event itself. The event kicked... Continue reading →

Overall I’d love to see two things for the cloud community. Stop accepting the “Security is a Concern because I’m scared and haven’t been paying attention” and just start implementing. The reason being is those same people that are kicking and dragging their feet into the future will keep kicking and dragging their feet. Eventually... Continue reading →

Tomorrow is the big day! So be sure to come check out CloudCamp Seattle! We’re going to have a lot of great attendees, some rock star lightning talks and more. Make sure to get registered ASPA (click on the CloudCamp image above). Location: Amazon HQ 426 Terry Avenue North (At South Lake Union) 2nd Floor... Continue reading →

Alright, time for the battle o’ clouds to roll on. In this throw down I’m going to compare platforms from the infrastructure and platform perspective. Windows Azure takes a very distinctive, and unique, Platform as a Service (PaaS) model and Amazon Web Services takes a very Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) model. Each of these... Continue reading →

Cloud Architecture is becoming more and more relevant in the software industry today. A lot of efforts are becoming less about software and more about cloud software. The whole gamut of cloud technology; platform, service, infrastructure, or platforms on platforms are growing rapidly in number. The days you didn’t need to know what the cloud... Continue reading →