Cloud Throw Down: Part 3 – Relational Databases and Instance Prices
Amazon Web Services Windows Azure Previous Throw Down… Now we’re going to throw down on something that I’ve had more than a few requests for. I’m going to break out and get some charts, graphs, and price differentials on AWS and Windows Azure. This throw down entry is going to be nothing but money, money, [...]
Cloud Throw Down: Part 2 – Deployments and Instance Options
Amazon Web Services Windows Azure Previous Throw Down… Ok, in this edition the fight gets graphic! Let’s jump right into the bout. (I’ve also been thinking about adding Rackspace or another cloud provider in the future.) Deploying .NET Web Application Code into AWS and Windows Azure is done in some distinctly different ways. There are [...]
Cloud Throw Down: Part 1 – Operating Systems & Languages
Amazon Web Services Windows Azure The clouds available from Amazon Web Services, Windows Azure, Rackspace and others have a few things in common. They’re all providing storage, APIs, and other bits around the premise of the cloud. They all also run on virtualized operating systems. This blog entry I’m going to focus on some key [...]
My Narrative on Unbiased Cloud Computing
Image by darkmatter via Flickr Over the past few weeks I’ve been posed with the “your biased claim” from some people. I decided that I would put together a write up on what my motivations are for cloud computing, how I’m involved, and what my intent is for future involvement. First off, I need to [...]
Cloud Software Architect Necessities
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 [...]
Top 10 Cloud Predictions by…
Time for a lunch time blog entry… Information Management recently put together some cloud predictions for the cloud industry. Here’s my 2 cents for the key points I picked out. You will build a private cloud, and it will fail. Thank goodness. Get rid of the whole premise, it’s kind of stupid. The basis of [...]
Microsoft Is Serious To Take On Amazon Web Services
Today at PDC, Microsoft has made some announcements which brings Microsoft up to the speed with Amazon’s offerings. Though Amazon still has the upper hand in the cloud market, Microsoft has clearly shown that they are serious about capturing the cloud market. Since I am still in the PDC Keynote and watching their demo, I [...]
OSCON Week: Microsoft And Interoperability
Using Microsoft and Interoperability in the same sentence makes me chuckle every time. Well, partly it could be due to my open source bias and I am not denying that. Off late, Microsoft has been making half-hearted attempts to embrace open source. I use the term “half-hearted” here because they do show some serious willingness [...]
Why Windows Azure Is Not Available For On-Premise Deployments?
When Microsoft announced Windows Azure appliance few days back at PDC10, I was critical of their plans to sell the technology bundled with hardware from their partners. What I expected from Microsoft was the availability of Azure stack to be used with the existing infrastructure, something like what one can do with Eucalyptus, for example. [...]
Cloud Pricing War Begins
Image via Wikipedia Finally, the cloud pricing war has begun. I have been complaining about the AWS pricing here at Cloud Ave for some time. In my Sept, 2009 post, I argued that Amazon needs to price aggressively to capture more market share. However, I would like to to use this post to once again [...]
Microsoft Gets Serious About Its Cloud Business
Microsoft, from completely dismissing the idea of cloud computing to reluctantly jumping in to not letting the traditional desktop approach go away to taking a half hearted approach to pushing their clouds, has always given an impression that it will not embrace the cloud strategy wholeheartedly. Pundits, including myself, were dismissive of their cloud strategies [...]
What is Windows Azure
Here is a neat video that explains the basics of Windows Azure very well. Check it out. Video: What is Windows Azure?
Windows Azure explored, in conversation with Amitabh Srivastava
Microsoft‘s Ray Ozzie revealed the company’s Cloud Computing aspirations at their Professional Developers Conference (PDC) last October, when he unveiled Windows Azure. Intended – at least initially – to run in Microsoft’s own data centres, Azure is an integral part of the company’s efforts to retain and grow marketshare as aspects of their existing business [...]
Looking Back At 2008
We are in the last day of 2008 (well, 2009 might already be there for some folks including our own Ben). Yesterday, a friend of mine asked me to identify two significant Cloud related events from 2008. I offered my opinion to him and I also thought it will be a good way to end [...]
BS Baffles Brains
Twenty years ago a favourite teacher of mine used to spice up boring history lessons by reminding me that whenever writing essays we should remember that Bullshit Baffles Brains. When it comes to communications I’m a bit of an idealist and kind of wish that the truth would always come out – that marketing speak [...]
