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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 Anything older than 6 months is probably out of date, given the speed with which we release new features into Windows and SQL Azure) I don’t normally Read More...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

• 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

• 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