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Everything you should know about the Windows Azure Platform

Spooner — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:30:48 +0000

Cloud computing is all around us, in fact, most of what we do day in and day out is only possible because of cloud computing. This is something that you need to know about. In these heady days of social media where a single tweet can send your traffic spiking through the stratosphere, I don’t understand why anyone would deploy a business critical application outside of a cloud environment. Cloud computing provides your applications with stability, elasticity and security.

On October 8 2010 there’s a free days worth of content on Windows Azure beautifully titled Microsoft Online Cloud Conference: the TechDays team goes online.

The day runs in 3 different tracks, each geared at people with different levels of understanding. Track 1 provides and entry level overview of Azure. Track 2 and 3 dive a bit deeper. So, no matter your level, if you want to know more about cloud computing on the Azure Platform, there will be something for you here.

Go check out the schedule > > >

Hot… or not?

Sara Allison — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:00:00 +0000

OnePage wants to make business cards a thing of the past. Hmmm… heard that one before! Looks OK but not sure it’ll make everyone throw their business cards away. Prove me wrong, but it’s a ‘not’ from me.

Software might know if you’re depressed – researchers used Bing to analyse word patterns to identify depression. Think it’s a good idea but wouldn’t want to be in the 22% that were wrongly diagnosed, particularly by my boss. Another ‘not’ I’m afraid…

Microsoft’s Home of the Future: A Visual Tour – technology that gives me recipes on my kitchen work surface depending on ingredients, charges my phone automatically and gives me interactive walls in my bedroom? Hmmmmn let me see… hot! No brainer.

Working Toward a Smarter, Faster Cloud – different types of cloud applications have different needs, so computer science researcher Vytautas Valancius has developed Transit Protocol, a system that lets cloud users choose that path their data takes through cloud computing platforms. Definitely ‘hot’ I reckon.

Students, Meet Your New Teacher, Mr Robot Would you be happy with a robot teaching your child? Depends on how good/bad the human teacher is, but regardless, I don’t think this one will catch on – not.

What we found out yesterday

Sara Allison — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:30:28 +0000

How cloud computing will encourage experimentation and allow many more applications to be deployed

How the ingredients of a single taco travel a total of 64,000 miles

At Starbucks, you have the right to bear arms while you get caffeinated

There is no ‘secret formula’ to Google’s page ranking

Why domestic gadgets make kids love to eat

If you wear this headset, control your thoughts – someone might be reading them