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• How Does the Cloud Change a Developer's Job?

  I've recently posted a blog on how cloud computing would change the Systems Architect’s role in an organization , another on how the cloud changes a Database Administrator's job , and the last post dealt with the Systems Administrator . In this Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2013 9:26 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Design, Career, Computing, Data, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Application Architecture, Concepts

• How Does the Cloud Change a Database Administrator’s Job?

  I recently posted a blog entry on how cloud computing would change the Systems Architect’s role in an organization . In a way, the Systems Architect has the easiest transition to a new way of using computing technologies. In fact, that’s actually Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2013 8:08 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: DBA, Design, SQL Server, Career, SQL Azure, Computing, Data, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Application Architecture, Concepts, Database Administration

• How Does the Cloud Change a Systems Architect’s Job?

  I know - I said I didn't like the "cloud" term, but my better-phrased "Distributed Systems" moniker just never took off like I had hoped. So I'll stick with the "c" word for now, at least until the search engines catch up with my more accurate term. I Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:43 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Design, Career, Computing, Data, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Application Architecture, Concepts

• Big Data - A Microsoft Tools Approach

  (As with all of these types of posts, check the date of the latest update I’ve made here. Anything older than 6 months is probably out of date, given the speed with which we release new features into Windows and SQL Azure) I don’t normally Read More... Posted Monday, February 20, 2012 2:16 PM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Developer, Microsoft, Design, SQL Azure, Data, Data Professional, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Storage, Concepts, Business Intelligence, Windows 2008

• How Microsoft helps you NOT break your Windows Azure Application: Storage Services Versioning

  One of the advantages of using Windows Azure to run your code is that you don’t have to constantly manage upgrades on your platform. While that’s a big advantage indeed, it immediately brings up the question - how do the upgrades happen? Microsoft upgrades Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 06, 2011 7:42 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Developer, Design, Testing, Latest Version, Documentation, Upgrades, Data, Installation and Upgrade, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Storage, Service Packs

• Big Data and the Cloud - More Hype or a Real Workload?

  Last week Microsoft announced several new offerings for “Big Data” - and since I’m a stickler for definitions, I wanted to make sure I understood what that really means. What is “Big Data”? What size hard drive is that? After all, my laptop has 1TB of Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 18, 2011 7:57 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Developer, Microsoft, DBA, SQL Server, Career, SQL Azure, Conferences, PASS, SQLServer, Data, Data Professional, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Storage, Concepts, Azure Use Cases, Policy Based Management

• Rip and Replace or Extend and Embrace?

  As most of you know, I don’t like the term “cloud” very much. It isn’t defined, which means it can be anything. I prefer “distributed computing”, which is more technically accurate and describes what you’re doing Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 13, 2011 5:20 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Development, Developer, Design, Best Practices, Computing, Data, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Application Architecture, Application Fabric, Azure Use Cases

• Should All Data Be Encrypted By Default?

  Recently several IT industry information outlets have reported that there has been a 10-year concentrated, organized effort on breaking through computer security at some of the largest companies in the world. Government sites have also been attacked in Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 09, 2011 7:45 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Security, SQL Azure, Data, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Encryption

• Windows Azure Security Review

  Current as of 08/01/2011 - Check the Resources listed below for more up-to-date information on this topic Background: Security for any computing platform involves three primary areas: Principals (users or programmatic access to an asset or other program) Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 02, 2011 7:24 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Design, Web, Best Practices, SQL Azure, Walkthroughs, Data, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Platform Independence, Cloud Computing, Application Architecture, Concepts, Application Fabric, SOA, Encryption

• SQL Azure Use Case: Shared Storage Application

  This is one in a series of posts on when and where to use a distributed architecture design in your organization's computing needs. You can find the main post here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckwoody/archive/2011/01/18/windows-azure-and-sql-azure-use-cases.aspx Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 26, 2011 7:33 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Developer, Design, SQL Server, Disaster Recovery, SQL Azure, Data, Data Professional, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Platform Independence, Cloud Computing, Concepts, Learning Plan, SSIS

• Windows Azure Emulators On Your Desktop

  Many people feel they have to set up a full Azure subscription online to try out and develop on Windows Azure. But you don’t have to do that right away. In fact, you can download the Windows Azure Compute Emulator – a “cloud development Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 01, 2011 7:39 AM by BuckWoody | 3 Comments Filed under: Tips, Learning, Data, How I work, Cloud, Azure, Windows Azure, Cloud Computing, Compute, Presentations