Have you looked at Windows Azure lately?  It was announced a couple of years ago, released just over a year ago, and already it’s the most solid platform-as-a-service out there.You remember PaaS, right?  I introduced it back in Part 3 of this series.“Yes, I remember.”Good. I won’t waste your time going into the details of the … Continue reading No thanks. I’ll PaaS. (“Cloudy April” – Part 6)

Disclaimer: Although I work for Microsoft, I don’t have to always agree with what other parts of the company are doing.  Okay.. proper disclaimer out of the way. Now…“Uh oh.. you gonna get yourself fired, Kevin?”Well.. if a person can get fired from a company for what I’m about to say, then I didn’t want … Continue reading Those stupid “To the Cloud!” Commercials (“Cloudy April” – Part 5)

(Note to self: Don’t ever do an image search on the word “Sassy” ever again.  Ever.)In part 3 you’ll recall that we outlined three delivery methods for Cloud-based services: IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.  Today we’re going to go a little deeper into SaaS.“But Kevin.. I already know what it is.”Bear with me. Even though people … Continue reading Getting SAASy (“Cloudy April” – Part 4)

These are probably not new acronyms to most of you.“Acronyms?  I thought you were just a really rotten spelller!”Yeah.. acronyms.  SaaS = Software as a Service PaaS = Platform as a Service IaaS = Infrastructure as a Service. These are the three delivery methods that we talk about when considering how to deliver, leverage, or … Continue reading SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS.. Oh my! (“Cloudy April” – Part 3)

Is ‘the cloud” making you concerned for your job?  And by that, I mean, are you primarily working with a product or technology that may soon be cloudified?  “Cloudified?”Okay.. I’m making up words again.  But I think you know what I’m talking about.  Are you working with a technology that is seeing a big shift … Continue reading The Cloud Ate My Job! (“Cloudy April” – Part 2)

Greetings!  Welcome to my 31-part series of articles all about this thing called “the cloud”.“Seriously, Kevin?  Is this some warped April-Fools joke?  Haven’t we heard enough about ‘the cloud’?”I’m going to answer that question with another question: What have you heard?  “It means something I use is hosted somewhere else.  But honestly… every company out … Continue reading “Cloudy April” Part 1: Full of I.T. with my head in the clouds