Tag: PaaS

Beyond IaaS – 31 Days of Servers in the Cloud (Part 21 of 31)

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Today we have a guest author! http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htm“Oh yeah?  Good.  I’m getting tired of you same bunch writing everything.” Um.. okay… well, then you’ll be happy to see that today’s author is Bill Wilder… “Bill Wilder is a hands-on developer, architect, consultant, trainer, speaker, writer, and community leader focused on helping companies and individuals succeed with … Continue reading Beyond IaaS – 31 Days of Servers in the Cloud (Part 21 of 31)

TechNet Radio: Cloud Innovators – How Datacastle uses Windows Azure to Protect Business Data

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http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/inetpub/kevinremde/KROmniture.htmIn this episode I talk with Craig Blessing, Vice President at Datacastle.   We discuss how his company uses Windows Azure to protect business data.  Tune in as he outlines for us Datacastle’s innovative cloud solutions which help organizations have secure, anytime, anywhere access to their data. https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/TechNet+Radio/TechNet-Radio-Cloud-Innovators--How-Datacastle-uses-Windows-Azure-to-Protect-Business-Data/player?w=512&h=288 After watching this video, follow these next steps: … Continue reading TechNet Radio: Cloud Innovators – How Datacastle uses Windows Azure to Protect Business Data

The Role of the VM Role Role (“Cloudy April” – Part 26)

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As you may recall from Part 6 (PaaS), Windows Azure is Microsoft’s implementation of Platform-as-a-Service.  In a nutshell, it means that you build your application, configure your data, and load it up into “the cloud”, where it can be easily scaled and managed on top of our operating-system-in-the-cloud.  And that’s great if you have or … Continue reading The Role of the VM Role Role (“Cloudy April” – Part 26)

Cloud-in-a-Box (“Cloudy April” – Part 23)

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In part 6 of my “Cloudy April” series  we talked about the PaaS solution from Microsoft, Windows Azure.  And more and more companies are realizing the benefits of building applications that can run on stateless, easily scalable machine instances that are quickly deployed or decommissioned as the demand on their applications changes.  Also, the benefit … Continue reading Cloud-in-a-Box (“Cloudy April” – Part 23)