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Host Jonathan Rozenblit is always on the search for stories of Canadian developers who have either built new applications using Windows Azure services or have migrated existing applications to Windows Azure. Canada Does Windows Azure shares their stories. This is the story of Frozen Mountain. FROZEN…

(Photo by John Kerstholt) The notion that non-tech-industry people should care about cloud computing continues to weasel its way into mainstream media and popular culture, most recently with a slew of stories about how last week's East Coast storms were to blame for the unscheduled downtime that…

Recorded as part of the Virtual Faculty Summit on June 21, 2012. As an instructor you are faced with the challenge of preparing your students to be thought leaders when they graduate in 1-5 years. You need to be aware of the disruptive technologies that are shaping the workplace, such as the Cloud.…

The People app—the complete, cloud-powered address book for Windows 8. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/06/13/the-people-app-the-complete-cloud-powered-address-book-for-windows-8.aspx

Live Q&A with Jean Lozano. CLD280 - Lessons Learned From Building a Digital Asset Management System in the CloudIn this session, Jean Lozano discusses various development strategies that he and his team learned while ramping up development on Windows Azure. You'll learn the lessons they learned…

In this session, Jean Lozano discusses various development strategies that he and his team learned while ramping up development on Windows Azure. You'll learn the lessons they learned from various cloud-related challenges faced during development and from an application support/maintenance…

There is a lot of energy and discussion these days around "big data," and most of it seems to focus on the underlying technology enablers and what you can do with them ... real-time analytics, noSQL stores, map|reduce capability, complex event processing, and a host of other…

Read the full post >> Host Jonathan Rozenblit is always on the search for stories of Canadian developers who have either built new applications using Windows Azure services or have migrated existing applications to Windows Azure. Canada Does Windows Azure shares their stories. This is the…

Window Azure provides a quick, easy, and—more importantly—powerful way for companies of any size to take advantage of cloud based services. While lots of companies are already moving their applications and services to Windows Azure, others still aren't quite sure how the cloud can help them and…

Recent surveys indicate that while cloud computing is a top priority for Canadian CIOs, assurance in cloud services remains the principle inhibitor for adoption. 2012 is proving to be the year of accelerating adoption as organizations gain a deeper appreciation of cloud services and how they can be…