Microsoft, Please Don’t Kill Live Mesh!

I am a huge fan of Live Mesh. I started using Live Mesh (during my stint at Microsoft) even before it was announced to the public. Live Mesh was announced at Mix08 in April 2008 amid fanfare by Ray Ozzie. Ozzie passionately positioned Live Mesh as a “single device mesh”. The Sync culture was brought into Microsoft by Ray Ozzie. Ozzie first outlined his vision for mesh like...
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My Interview on Cloud at IndicThreads.com

Harshad Oak, founder of Rightrix Solutions runs a Technology Portal called IndicThreads.com. IndicThreads is synonymous with the popular, independent annual Java conference conducted at Pune. They approached me for an interview on Cloud Computing. You can find it...
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Top 5 Things Microsoft Should Fix in Azure

It’s been just over a week since Microsoft has started to offer the commercial subscription of Windows Azure. As a Cloud enthusiast, I quickly signed up for the Introductory Special subscription and downloaded the required tools to deploy my first app to the Cloud. I had access to Windows Azure since PDC08 and I deployed quite a few apps to test the functionality and features of the platform....
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Video Tutorial-Your First Cloud App on Windows Azure

Click Here to Read the Overview of Windows Azure...
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Getting Started with Windows Azure

With Windows Azure’s commercial availability starting from Feb. 1st, I want to provide a quick introduction to Windows Azure Platform. This article will be followed by many more articles that will drill down into the concepts of the Windows Azure Platform. At a high level, Windows Azure Platform has 4 key services in it. The first one is Windows Azure which is the Cloud OS from Microsoft....
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Who Will Win The Cloud Computing Battle in India?

Till now I have discussed various technical aspects of the Cloud. Going forward I will also cover certain business aspects related to the Cloud. In this article, I want to analyze the opportunity for the Cloud vendors in India. We will first take a look at the ecosystem, the opportunity map and then the potential for the Cloud service providers. It may be too early to decide who would actually...
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Download 6 Part Tutorial on Demystifying The Cloud

Last month I launched my show called The Cloud9 Show. The first series of this show is called Demystifying The Cloud where I covered the key concepts of the Cloud Computing along with some of the commercial implementations of the Cloud. The unique thing about The Cloud9 Show is that you can download the video, audio, article and slides for each episode. Within the first few days of launching the...
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Open Source Meets the Cloud

The enterprise, government, startups and the system integrators are keenly watching the space of Cloud Computing. While it is a fact that only companies with deep pockets like Microsoft, Google and Amazon can get into the business of providing the Cloud infrastructure, the contribution from other companies is absolutely critical for the Cloud to become viable and real. The biggest concern and...
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Microsoft Community TechDays

I had the opportunity to be a part of Microsoft Community TechDays at Hyderabad and Bangalore. What is special about CTD? This is run completely by the community and the User Groups with a very little support from Microsoft. The Hyderabad CTD was held on 20th September at Microsoft campus. I had the privilege to deliver the keynote on Azure Services Platform. Azure Code Camp at MS Community...
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7 Signs That You Are an Evangelist

I love the term ‘Evangelist’. I have tremendous respect for the folks who carry a business card that reads ‘Technology Evangelist’. For the last 15 years or so, I have been living an evangelist life and enjoy every bit of that. How are evangelists different from other folks who sell and market stuff? Well, first of all, evangelists have bundles of conviction in what they believe in. They...
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