August 2011 - Posts

• Book Review (Book 3) - Favorite Folktales from Around the World

  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 . The book I chose for August 2011 was: Favorite Folktales from Around the World, by Jane Yolen . Why I chose Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 31, 2011 8:34 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Book Review, Career

• Demand Capacity Real World Example on Windows Azure

  I recently had a fascinating conversation with CoreConnex, a company that has a Financial Analysis dashboard called Corelytics. Corelytics is an Azure based SaaS product with about 1,000 customers supported in 11 countries. Last week Corelytics was announced Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 30, 2011 8:08 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Azure Use Cases, Windows Azure

• Azure Design Patterns

  I have a lot of learning resources you can find here at my blog, but I wanted to point one out this morning. It's a Silverlight application called "Azure Design Patterns". You can find it at http://azuredesignpatterns.com/, and it's an interesting way Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 23, 2011 8:34 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Azure, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Concepts, Learning

• How I Prepare For Presentations, And My Speaking Schedule For This Quarter

  I do a little speaking here and there and I’ve been asked about the method I use to get ready for a talk. I thought I might share the method I use, although as you read through this remember that not everyone has the same style, processes and procedures Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 16, 2011 8:04 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Career, Community, Conferences, Customer Contact, How I work, Process, Tips

• Should All Data Be Encrypted By Default?

  Recently several IT industry information outlets have reported that there has been a 10-year concentrated, organized effort on breaking through computer security at some of the largest companies in the world. Government sites have also been attacked in Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 09, 2011 7:45 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Azure, Best Practices, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Data, Encryption, Security, SQL Azure, Windows Azure

• Windows Azure Security Review

  Current as of 08/01/2011 - Check the Resources listed below for more up-to-date information on this topic Background: Security for any computing platform involves three primary areas: Principals (users or programmatic access to an asset or other program) Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 02, 2011 7:24 AM by BuckWoody | 0 Comments Filed under: Application Architecture, Application Fabric, Azure, Best Practices, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Concepts, Data, Design, Encryption, Platform Independence, SOA, SQL Azure, Walkthroughs, Web, Windows Azure