Cloud Computing and the Code-Based Infrastructure
In an on-premise system, most of us start fulfilling business computing requirements by making decisions around buy or build. If there is a software package that fills the need of the business,...
View ArticleWindows Azure Security Review
Current as of 08/01/2011 - Check the Resources listed below for more up-to-date information on this topicBackground:Security for any computing platform involves three primary areas:Principals (users or...
View ArticleRip and Replace or Extend and Embrace?
As most of you know, I don’t like the term “cloud” verymuch. It isn’t defined, which means it can be anything. I prefer “distributedcomputing”, which is more technically accurate and describes what...
View ArticleDeveloping a Cost Model for Cloud Applications
Note - please pay attention to the date of this post. As much as I attempt to make the information below accurate, the nature of distributed computing means that components, units and pricing will...
View ArticleBug-Out Bags and Cloud Architecture Considerations
I served in the U.S. Military for a while, and as part of my training we had to maintain a “Bug-Out Bag”, which was a large duffle-bag full of certain items that we could live on/fight with in an...
View ArticleApplication 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...
View ArticlePay in the future should make you think in the present
Distributed Computing - and more importantly “-as-a-Service” models of computing have a different cost model. This is something that sounds obvious on the surface but it’s often forgotten during the...
View ArticleBook Review (Book 11) - Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform
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, and the entire list is here. The book I chose for...
View ArticleWindows Azure – Write, Run or Use Software
Windows Azure is a platform that has you covered, whether you need to write software, run software that is already written, or Install and use “canned” software whether you or someone else wrote it....
View ArticleWindows Azure Visio Shapes
Normally when I diagram a solution for a customer, I use whatever they are comfortable with. I do most of my work these days in OneNote, especially when it’s an Architecture Design Session (ADS), since...
View ArticleKeeping your options open in a cloud solution
In on-premises solutions we have the full range of options open for a given computing solution – but we don’t always take advantage of them, for multiple reasons. Data goes in a Relational Database...
View ArticleHigh Availability for IaaS, PaaS and SaaS in the Cloud
Outages, natural disasters and unforeseen events have proved that even in a distributed architecture, you need to plan for High Availability (HA). In this entry I'll explain a few considerations for HA...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
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