.NET Rocks! is an Internet Audio Talk Show for Microsoft .NET Developers.
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Paul Bone Goes Parallel with Project Mercury
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David Neilsen Develops for the Cloud
Carl and Richard talk to David Neilsen about doing cloud development. David digs into the various flavors of cloud, defining the differences between Platform-as-a-Service, Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Software-as-a-Service. David is one of the original organizers of CloudCamp, free one day events to help people get started with the cloud. The conversation then digs into the challenge of migrating existing .NET applications to Azure. David finishes by defining the core criteria of cloud computing: On-Demand, Self-Service, Scalable, Measurable. The acronym is OSSM, pronounced 'awesome.'
Stories from Tech Ed US!
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Michele Leroux Bustamante Still Focused on Identity
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Steve Smith Tells Performance Stories
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Mark Arteaga Talks Windows Phone 7 and Mango
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Brian Lagunas on the Extended WPF Toolkit
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Koen Zwikstra Spies on Silverlight
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Glenn Block Simplifies WCF with WebAPI
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Chatting with the Imagine Cup Winners!
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Billy Hollis is a XAML Developer
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Pat Hynds Plans for Disaster Recovery
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