This is a write up I’ve put together of how the roles in Windows Azure work. As far as I know, this is all correct – but if there are any Windows Azure Team Members out there that wouldn’t mind providing some feedback about specifics or adding to the details I have here – please... Continue reading →

PaaS stands for Platform as a Service. The new concept around Devops* (Developer + Operations) has allowed cloud computing to reach an apex of agility for business. For developers PaaS provides an ultimately clean and agile experience around staging and deployment. PaaS is also the highest level of cost savings for most prospective enterprise and... Continue reading →

Windows Azure has several primary competitors in the IaaS Realm, even though they aren’t technically an IaaS Cloud Provider at all. Some of these competitors in this space are Amazon Web Services (AWS), Rackspace, GoGrid and VMWare. Each of these providers offer virtual machines with either Windows or Linux Operating Systems, multiple data centers for... Continue reading →

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 →