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• Preparation is key to a successful cloud deployment

  If you want to be wise, watch the actions and outcomes of others. Emulate the successful actions, and avoid the actions that cause failure. That’s true in life in general - and in technology projects in specific.  I’ve worked with several clients Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 01, 2012 7:09 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Azure, Best Practices, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Concepts, Customer Contact, Design, Development, Planning, Process, SOA, Tips, Windows Azure

• Cloud Computing Patterns: Using Data Transaction Commitment Models for Design

  There are multiple ways to store data in a cloud provider, specifically around Windows and SQL Azure. As part of a “Data First” architecture design, one decision vector – assuming you’ve already done a data classification of the Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 14, 2012 1:45 PM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Azure, Best Practices, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Data, Design, Development

• Application Lifecycle Management Overview for Windows Azure

  Developing in Windows Azure is at once not that much different from what you’re familiar with in on-premises systems, and different in significant ways. Because of these differences, developers often ask about the specific process to develop and deploy Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 07, 2012 7:58 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Application Architecture, Azure, Best Practices, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Concepts, Design, Developer, Development, Links, Planning, Process, System Center Operations Manager, Tips, Windows Azure

• 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: Application Architecture, Application Fabric, Azure, Azure Use Cases, Best Practices, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Computing, Data, Design, Developer, Development, Windows Azure

• Plan for Diagnostics in Cloud Computing From the Git-Go

  “Git-Go” is something we say in the South that means “right at the start”. I’ve seen several applications for on-premise systems that don’t have much in the way of diagnostics - the developers rely on a debugger, the event logs on the server and client Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 06, 2011 7:11 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Azure, Best Practices, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Concepts, Design, Developer, Development, Error Codes, Link Lists, Monitoring, Testing, Troubleshooting, Windows Azure

• Cloud Computing and the Importance of Code Diagrams

  Most mature development shops use various code diagrams to give a symbolic representation of high-level and database code structures. Standards such as Business Process Model Notation (BPMN), Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD) and the Unified Modeling Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 03, 2011 7:59 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Azure, Best Practices, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Data, Design, Developer, Development, Documentation