Cloud Computing With Windows Azure

Published on January 17, 2011 By DrJBHL In Personal Computing

Microsoft has jumped totally into the war of Cloud computing. To compete with Google and Amazon, Microsoft introduced cloud computing with Windows Azure technology.

Cloud computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared servers provide resources, software, and data to computers and other devices on demand, as with the electricity grid. It means, using the infrastructure of the company providing the cloud service.

Along with big Enterprises, Microsoft is also offering cloud computing for small & mid-size business companies. Small business users can buy Windows Azure account and install applications on it either by monthly or yearly subscription basis. These applications can be developed using ASP.Net, PHP etc.

To develop more efficient Azure based apps, download the Windows Azure SDK available on Microsoft website. Applications which are created in .Net using programming languages like C#, VB.Net, C++ can be hosted using Windows Azure account as well.

Further Microsoft has divided Windows Azure platform into various parts:

Windows Azure: Hosting your applications on windows Azure provides you with great reliability, performance and 100% up-time. Any type of business applications will be stored and hosted on Windows Azure.
SQL Azure: You could host your databases on Microsoft cloud services using SQL Azure. It provides a database management system based on cloud computing. SQL Azure data could be used with Windows Azure and Windows Azure App Fabric.
Windows Azure AppFabric: Hosting your applications on Windows Azure and database on SQL Azure is not everything which needs to be done. It is very complex to run this applications on internet, so Microsoft has provided this service using Windows Azure AppFabric. It provides caching of the data which speeds up your application and access control using multiple ways to prove the digital identity. This could be done using Active Directory, Windows Live ID, Google Accounts, Facebook and more.
Windows Azure Market Place: It is divided into Windows Data Marketplace which deals on with the data, while another part is Windows App Marketplace, where you could buy and sell your applications hosted on Windows Azure.

This should not be considered an Ad for Azure. I gather info for everyone. If you are thinking of buying any other hosting provider, please take a look rates and offers available to use Windows Azure as your primary Cloud hosting service.

Other offers also include, pay according to usage offers.

Source: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/cloud-computing-with-microsoft-windows-azure#ixzz1Ahkdo5o7

Comments (Page 2)

DrJBHL

on Jan 17, 2011

Phoon, all I am referring to points in certain directions. I have no doubt regarding the veracity of your statement. I am saying that perhaps another area of IT might be more profitable.... because I do care a great deal about you folks...you're my kin. here.

As for what you write about CEO's and stockholders, 100% true.

I see it in healthcare. The same stockholders who vote tighter and tighter policies and by doing that more and more denials (and higher CEO salaries) are the first to complain about the lack of coverage and that they're paying outrageous amounts to get so little.

They cause smaller and smaller reimbursement for doctors, causing the doctors to see more and more patients/day to break even. Then they complain that the doctor only sees them for 5 minutes and they have longer waits to see the doctor. THEY CAUSED IT! What can I say? There are only 24 hrs. in a day.

They are also the same ones who screamed about a "public option" (i.e. forcing competition on the Insurance Co.'s) being "Socialism". Then they yell about his giving money to Wall St,. GM, etc. Sure sounds like a Socialist to me. LOL!

navigatsio

on Jan 17, 2011

A highly glossed over sales presentation look great to them and no consideration is given to the end user level of frustration and the local IT staff stability.

A great power point presentation and a sales rep that could sell ice cubes to an eskimo can really impress the bean counters...especially when they "project" the increase in productivity and estimated cost savings. Thing is, pin one down on the specific day to day "what ifs" and you may as well be speaking martian. Usually it's the deer caught in the headlights look followed by, "I'll have someone get back with you on that". Well, I'm still waiting.....

Dr Guy

on Jan 17, 2011

That would seem to negate the corporation's best interests....at least to me. I think there will be IT jobs for quite some time.

Doc - it is not the INTENTION of the company do screw it up - it is Murphy's Law. Often because higher management is sold a pipe dream by vendors. In the 80s (and early 90s) all the rage was "outsourcing". ON paper it looked good. but that is why letting accountants run a company is bad news.

outsourcing has died for one key reason - the benefits are never realized. So it is with most of those grand projects. Great on paper, lousy on implementation.

EDIT: I see that Phoon and Navigatsio basically made my point, but perhaps more succinctly.

DrJBHL

on Jan 17, 2011

A great power point presentation and a sales rep that could sell ice cubes to an eskimo can really impress the bean counters...

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