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Download PDC2008 presentations

October 31st, 2008 · No Comments · Technology

TweetThis is a community service announcement. Since I took the time to crack the download syntax for the PowerPoint decks presented this week at PDC, I thought I’d make my work publicly available. Here it is (i.e. sessions listed in alphabetically order with the session titles copied from the original master session list posted here, [...]

Getting the clouds to rain (add value)

October 27th, 2008 · Comments Off · Services, Technology

Tweet Certainly the vision of Windows Azure (aka “Red Dog”) and the Azure Services Platform is substantial. However, in order for Microsoft, its partners and customers to realize it, it must deliver business value. Internal or external, cloud computing has to address a set of real business problems in order to become a relevant part [...]

Head in the clouds

October 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Services, Technology

TweetIt appears that a majority of what I plan to attend at this year’s Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) is focused on cloud computing. Today, for example, I plan to attend the following sessions: Keynote – Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson A Lap around Windows Azure “Dublin” and .NET Services: Extending [...]