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Azure / Cloud Computing

A growing number of IT practitioners believe the future of application development is service-based and in the cloud. Cloud computing offers flexible scalability and can provide a less expensive way to host many applications. Even if you aren't ready for Azure yet, you owe it to yourself to become familiar with cloud computing and the services approach to development. This track includes coverage of the following:

Getting up to speed with Azure
Azure Mobile Services
Azure and open source
Programming in node.js
Windows Azure Services for Windows 8

W02 What's New in Azure for Developers Wednesday May 15 9:15AM - 10:30AM

Vishwas Lele, Chief Technology Officer , AIS

You will walk away with enough information to start digging deeper into the features that make sense to you and your project. more

W06 In Depth Azure IaaS Wednesday May 15 10:45AM - 12:00PM

Vishwas Lele, Chief Technology Officer , AIS

This session is for anyone who wants to get better understand of the recently-announced Windows Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering. more

W10 Moving Web Apps to the Cloud Wednesday May 15 1:30PM - 2:45PM

Eric D. Boyd, Founder and CEO, responsiveX

In this session, we will take a simple, traditional ASP.NET app and walk through the migration to Windows Azure. more

W14 IaaS in Windows Azure with Virtual Machines Wednesday May 15 3:00PM - 4:15PM

Eric D. Boyd, Founder and CEO, responsiveX

In this session, we will explore the traditional Windows Azure web and worker compute roles and walk through the common challenges encountered when using these. more

W18 Bringing Open Source to Windows Azure: A Match Made in Heaven Wednesday May 15 4:45PM - 6:00PM

Jesus Rodriguez, Chief Architect, Tellago and Tellago Studios

This session will highlight best practices and techniques to leverage technologies such as NodeJS, Hadoop, MongoDB, Solr or Memcache as part of your Windows Azure applications. more

TH02 JavaScript, Meet Cloud: Node.js on Windows Azure Thursday May 16 8:00AM - 9:15AM

Sasha Goldshtein, CTO, SELA Group

In this talk we'll build a Node.js application from scratch and deploy it to Windows Azure in a matter of seconds. more

TH06 Using Windows Azure to Build the Next Generation of Mobile Applications Thursday May 16 9:30AM - 10:45AM

Jesus Rodriguez, Chief Architect, Tellago and Tellago Studios

This session will explore the capabilities of the Windows Azure platform that can enable sophisticated, highly scalable mobile enterprise applications. more

TH10 Cloud Backends for Your Mobile Apps: Windows Azure Mobile Services and Parse Thursday May 16 11:00AM - 12:15PM

Sasha Goldshtein, CTO, SELA Group

In this talk we'll build a backend for a Windows 8 app, a Windows Phone 8 app, and an Android app using WAMS and Parse, featuring push notifications, database and triggers, user management and more. more

TH14 Using Windows Azure for Solving Identity Management Challenges Thursday May 16 1:30PM - 2:45PM

Michael Collier, Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft

In this session we'll provide a crash course in claims as they relate to identity management. more

TH18 Elevating Windows Azure Deployments Thursday May 16 3:00PM - 4:15PM

Michael Collier, Cloud Solution Architect, Microsoft

Besides covering deployment options with PowerShell and TFS, in this session we'll also discuss techniques for using handling the inevitable updates of our cloud services. more