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Google I/O 2012 Day 2 Keynote by Urs Hölzle, Senior VP of Engineering: Google Compute Engine Announcement

July 4, 2012 By OakLeaf Systems

YouTube’s video archive of Urs Hölzle’s Google Compute Engine announcement during the Google I/O 2012 Day 2 Keynote includes an interactive transcript. Following is a excerpt from the transcript starting at 00:36:07 and ending at 00:47:01: &gt…

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Google Genome Explorer, Google I/O 2012, Institute for Systems Biology

Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 7/2/2012+

July 3, 2012 By OakLeaf Systems

A compendium of Windows Azure, Service Bus, EAI & EDI,Access Control, Connect, SQL Azure Database, and other cloud-computing articles. Note: This post is updated daily or more frequently, depending on t…

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Adding Windows Azure Preview Features to Subscriptions of Multiple Accounts

July 3, 2012 By OakLeaf Systems

My (@rogerjenn) Adding Windows Azure Preview Features to Your Subscription post of 6/8/2012 describes how to add Windows Azure June 2012 Preview features to your default account. However, adding Preview features to multiple accounts isn’t an intuitiv…

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Uptime Report for my Live OakLeaf Systems Azure Table Services Sample Project: June 2012 = 100%

July 3, 2012 By OakLeaf Systems

My live OakLeaf Systems Azure Table Services Sample Project demo runs two small Windows Azure Web role instances from Microsoft’s South Central US (San Antonio, TX) data center. This report now contains a full year of uptime data. Here’s the usua…

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Azure, Pingdom, Uptime Reports, Windows Azure, Windows Azure Table Storage

Resources for Windows Azure Virtual Machines and Networks

July 3, 2012 By OakLeaf Systems

Mark Sorenson a Senior Product Planner in the Windows Azure Marketing group prepared the following list of resources on 7/2/2012 to assist in the evaluation of Windows Azure Virtual Machines (WAVM): Core Resources 90 Day Free Trial – we can co…

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Cisco ASA 5505, TechEd Europe 2012, TechEd North America 2012, WAAD, WAVM, WAVN, WAWS, Windows Azure Active Directory, Windows Azure Virtual Machines, Windows Azure Virtual Networks, Windows Azure Web Sites

Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/26/2012+

June 30, 2012 By OakLeaf Systems

A compendium of Windows Azure, Service Bus, EAI & EDI,Access Control, Connect, SQL Azure Database, and other cloud-computing articles. • Updated 6/30/2012 with new articles marked •. Note: This pos…

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AWS, Azure Access Services, Azure Blob Services, Azure Drive Services, Azure Queue Services, Azure Service Broker, Azure Services Platform, Azure Storage Services, Azure Table Services, BigQuery, BigTable, Google App Engine, Google Cloud SQLPlatform, Google Compute Engine, Google F1, LightSwitch, MapReduce, OData, Open Data Protocol, PowerShell, Red Hat OpenShift, RightScale, Ruby, Shared Access Signatures, SQL Azure Database, SQL Azure Federations, Visual Studio LightSwitch, Windows Azure Platform

Recent Articles about SQL Azure Labs and Other Added-Value Windows Azure SaaS Previews: A Bibliography

June 30, 2012 By OakLeaf Systems

I’ve been concentrating my original articles for the past six months or so on SQL Azure Labs, Apache Hadoop on Windows Azure and SQL Azure Federations previews, which I call added-value offerings. I use the term added-value because Microsoft doesn’…

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Cloud Computing Futures, Codename “Data Explorer”, Codename “Data Hub”, Codename “Data Numerics”, Codename “Data Transfer”, Codename “Social Analytics”, HiveQL, SQL Azure, SQL Azure Data Migration, SQL Azure Migration Wizard, SQLAzureMW

Links to My Cloud Computing Tips at TechTarget’s SearchCloudComputing and Other Search… Sites

June 30, 2012 By OakLeaf Systems

I’m a regular contributor of tips and techniques articles for cloud computing development and strategy to TechTarget’s (@TechTarget) SearchCloudComputing site, and an occasional contributor of articles to their SearchSQLServer and new SearchCloudAp…

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AnySQL, DevOps, NewSQL, NoSQL, Sharding Databases

Visual Studio Magazine Article Retrospective

June 29, 2012 By OakLeaf Systems

Following are images of Visual Studio Magazine issues from late 2003 to the present for which I’ve written cover stories. Each entry includes the article name and deck. Click the image to open the article from the Visual Studio Magazine Web site. Upd…

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Avalon, Database Mail, Databases, Dataset, DLinq, Ego Trip, Indigo, LINQ, LINQ to SQL, LINQ to XML, Longhorn, MapPoint, MSSQL, Query Notifications, ReportViewer, ReportViewer Control, Service Broker, SQL Express, SQL Server, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2005 Express, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2008 R2 Express, SQL Server Service Broker, SQLServer, SQLX, TerraServer, TerraService, Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008, VS 2005, VS 2008, Web Services, WinFS, XLinq, XML, XML Data Type, XQuery

My “Big Data in the Cloud” Cover Article for Visual Studio Magazine’s July 2012 Issue

June 27, 2012 By OakLeaf Systems

• Updated 6/30/2012 with status of the live data source for Codename “Social Analytics.” My Big Data in the Cloud article for Visual Studio Magazine’s July 2012 issue asserts “Microsoft has cooked up a feast of value-added big data cloud app…

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Apache Hadoop on Windows Azure, BigData, Code Name "Data Numerics", Code Name "Data Transfer", Codename "Social Analytics", Codename "Trust Services", Hadoop, Hadoop on Azure, Hive, Pig, Project Austin, SQL Azure Labs, Sqoop, StreamInsight

Cloud Platform Sessions at Google’s I/O Conference in San Francisco 6/27 through 6/29/2012

June 27, 2012 By OakLeaf Systems

Google is holding their annual I/O Conference at San Francisco’s Moscone Hall on 6/27 through 6/29/2012. Here’s the schedule of sessions related to App Engine in the Cloud Platform track: Rumor has it that Google will announce it’s entry into …

Filed Under: News Tagged With: App Engine Datastore, Big Data, Go Language, Google I/O

Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/25/2012+

June 25, 2012 By OakLeaf Systems

A compendium of Windows Azure, Service Bus, EAI & EDI,Access Control, Connect, SQL Azure Database, and other cloud-computing articles. • Updated 6/25/2012 5:00 PM PDT with new articles marked •. Note: This post is updated daily or more f…

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Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 6/19/2012+

June 25, 2012 By OakLeaf Systems

A compendium of Windows Azure, Service Bus, EAI & EDI,Access Control, Connect, SQL Azure Database, and other cloud-computing articles. •• Updated 6/24/2012 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM PDT with articles marke…

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Amazon CloudFormation, Amazon CloudFront, Dynamics CRM 2011, DynamoDB, JSON, XBRL

Configuring a Windows Azure Virtual Network with a Cisco ASA 5505-BUN-K9 Adaptive Security Appliance

June 21, 2012 By OakLeaf Systems

Contents: (This is a preview.) Updated 6/21/2012: Reorganized topics and repeated Setup Wizard operations; outside VLAN still not connected. (See end of the Configuring the ASA 5505’s inside and outside Interfaces section.) Prerequisites …

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Cisco Systems, Hybrid Clouds, IPSec, Network Security Appliances, Virtual Private Networks, VPN, VPNs

Blogs about and Other Web Resources for the Windows Azure “Spring Wave” Preview by Windows Azure MVPs

June 17, 2012 By OakLeaf Systems

Mark Sorensen, a Senior Product Planner on the Windows Azure team, put together a list of blog posts by Windows Azure MVPs about the “Spring Wave” of upgrades to Windows Azure. The list was compiled originally by Magnus Mårtensson as a series of m…

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Azure VMs, Codename "Antares", DevOpsDays, MEET Windows Azure, Windows Azure Management Platform, Windows Azure SDK and Tools 1.7, Windows Azure Spring Wave, Windows Azure VMs

Installing Remote Desktop Services on a Windows Azure Virtual Machine running Windows Server 2012 RC

June 12, 2012 By OakLeaf Systems

Contents: Prerequisites and Resources for Creating a Windows Azure Virtual Network Installing Remote Desktop Services Installing the Optional Application Server Role Completing the Roles and Features Installation This tutorial descri…

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Juniper Networks, Remote Desktop Services, Terminal Services, VPN Appliances, VPN Devices, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 RC

Running Visual Studio 2012 RC with Windows Azure SDK 1.7 under Windows Server 2012 on a Windows Azure VM

June 9, 2012 By OakLeaf Systems

Contents: Installing the Windows Azure SDK for .NET (VS 2012 RC) System and Data Drives in the Virtual Machine Creating a Cloud Project with Visual Studio 2012 RC I set up a Small Windows Server 2012 RC Virtual Machine instance, as describe…

Filed Under: News Tagged With: LightSwitch 2011, Visual Studio 2012 RC, Windows Azure SDK 1.7, Windows Azure Tools 1.7

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