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Windows Azure DevCamp in Farmington, CT
Earlier this month I hung out with Jim O’Neil at the Farmington, CT offering of the Windows Azure DevCamp series. The format of the camp was a quick-ramp introduction to the Windows Azure Platform...
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January and February Azure Cloud Events in Boston Area
Are you interested in Cloud Computing generally, or specifically Cloud Computing using the Windows Azure Cloud Platform? Listed below are the upcoming Azure-related events in the Greater Boston area...
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Quick Hadoop Overview at Feb 7 Boston Azure Meeting
Tonight’s (07-Feb-2012) Boston Azure cloud user group meeting (that we ran jointly with Microsoft DevBoston) went very well. In the featured talk, Michael Stiefel gave an insightful, thought-provoking...
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Cloud-Native Architecture Patterns for Azure Florida Association
I just finished speaking to the Azure Florida Association about Cloud-Native Architecture Patterns… The talk was 7:00-8:30 PM, so I hope too many people weren’t watching from bed… (It is extra tough...
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Abstracting MapReduce with HIVE and Pig (notes from March 2012 Boston Azure...
A few notes from the March 29, 2012 Boston Azure cloud user group meeting… Jason Haley was the featured speaker and provided a fantastic overview of the Windows Azure SDK and related platform features....
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Architecture Patterns for Building Cloud-Native Applications at NYC Code Camp 7
I am speaking today at NYC Code Camp 7. My talk is Architecture Patterns for Building Cloud-Native Applications here is the abstract: Just because we get software to run on cloud infrastructure does...
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Spoke at CT .NET User Group about Cloud Architecture Patterns for Building...
On October 9, 2012, I was pleased to speak to the Connecticut .NET Developers Group. It was really fun since the crowd was extremely engaged. There was a lot of good back-and-forth discussion. This was...
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Spoke at Boston Code Camp #18 – Cloud Architecture Patterns for Building...
What a joy to be part of Boston’s 18th Code Camp! First, many thanks to the organizing team and helpers: Bob Goodearl – Among his many contributions, Bob built the Code Camp web site using Windows...
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Sorting out Digital Certificates – Dec 2012 Boston Azure Meeting
At the December 13, 2012 meeting for Boston Azure Cloud User Group, I gave a short talk on how Digital Certificates work (cryptographically speaking). The backstory is that Windows Azure uses...
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Talk: How is Architecting for the Cloud Different?
On Thursday 07-February-2013 I spoke at DevBoston about “How is Architecting for the Cloud Different?” Here is the abstract: If my application runs on cloud infrastructure, am I done? Not if you wish...
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Talk: Architecting for the Cloud at Boston Code Camp #19
On Saturday March 9, 2013, I teamed up with Joan Wortman on a talk at the 19th (!) Boston Code Camp. Some of the patterns I discuss require some different thinking about application architecture,...
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Talk: Azure Best Practices – How to Successfully Architect Windows Azure Apps...
Webinar Registration: Azure Best Practices – How to Successfully Architect Windows Azure Apps for the Cloud @ 1pm ET on 13-March-2013 REGISTER HERE: http://bit.ly/ZzQDDW Abstract: Discover how you can...
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Clash of the Clouds Followup
Last night, Mark Eisenberg and I represented the Windows Azure Cloud Platform in a Clash of the Clouds panel discussion/debate opposite Erik Sebesta and Ed Brennan who represented the Open Source...
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Talk: Architecting for the Cloud at Nashua Cloud .NET User Group
Last night I had the privilege of speaking at the Nashua .NET Cloud User Group in Nashua, NH. It was an engaged group to be sure – thanks for all the great questions. A few followups: Azure VM pricing:...
View ArticleTalk: Windows Azure Web Sites are PaaS 2.0
Last night I had the chance to speak as part of the Some prefer PaaS over IaaS clouds event at the Boston Cloud Services Meetup. Thanks J Singh for inviting me and I enjoyed speaking with many of the...
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Talk: 7 Things Software Testing Professionals Should Know About the Public Cloud
Today I partnered with XBOSoft to present the webinar: 7 Things Software Testing Professionals Should Know About the Public Cloud. This is one of a series of webinars hosted by XBOSoft (@xbosoft) as...
View ArticleTalk: Meet Windows Azure, Your Next Data Center
Today I spoke at VirtG Boston’s annual Deep Dive Day. The title of my talk, Meet Windows Azure, Your Next Data Center, is probably descriptive enough to get the gist of it. My slide deck follows....
View ArticleTalk: Guest Lecture at BU Cloud Computing Class
A couple of nights ago, I gave a guest lecture at Dino Konstantopoulos’ BU MET CS755 Cloud Computing class to a small group whose ability to stay awake and alert until 9:00 PM was impressive. My deck...
View ArticleTalk: Top Azure Features Every ASP.NET Developer Should Know About at Groupe...
Last week I was delighted to speak to the très agréable folks at the Groupe Azure Montréal. My talk was: “Top Azure Features Every ASP.NET Developer Should Know About” and the abstract (in both French...
View ArticleTalk: Pragmatic Azure at Boston Code Camp 21
Today I was delighted to speak at Boston Code Camp 21… Yes, that’s 21 code camps over the past 10+ years put on by the Boston dev community. There is a long list of volunteers , speakers, and sponsors....
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