July 2011 - Posts

• Book Review (Book 2) - Rhetoric by Aristotle

  This is a continuation of the books I challenged myself to read to help my career - one a month, for year. You can read my first book review here . The book I chose for July 2011 was Rhetoric, by Aristotle. You can read it here for free: http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/a/aristotle/a8rh/ Read More... Posted Thursday, July 28, 2011 8:27 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Career, Personal, Book Review, Learning, How I work

• The Conundrum of Cloud Computing Evidence

  “Who is using Windows Azure? How are they doing it?” I get asked this all the time as I speak to our clients when we mention Windows or SQL Azure as a possible solutions to an architectural problem the company has. I completely understand the question. Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 26, 2011 6:56 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Customer Contact, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Azure Use Cases

• Windows Azure Storage - Creating a Hierarchy View

  When you declare and use storage in Windows Azure - specifically in a BLOB object - it’s just a grouping of storage. There are two types of BLOBs - Page and Block. To use storage, you need a storage account, which hold Containers, and then you put Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 19, 2011 7:30 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Storage

• Should I learn Cloud Computing Next?

  My previous role at Microsoft was in the SQL Server team. I spent quite a bit of time there, and had some really great experiences. I was able to travel and speak as well as doing my “regular” job in the programming team, so I got to meet a lot of people. Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:45 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Web, Virtualization, Career, Cloud, Azure, Cloud Computing, VM Role