Scaling Apps in the Cloud
When people talk about migrating their applications to the cloud, one of the primary topics discussed is scale. But scale doesn’t come for free. How can you achieve it? It turns out that storage has a lot to do with it. The Windows Azure platform offers different storage options, including SQL Azure for relational data. As you’ll see in tonight’s talk, it’s pretty easy to get data from SQL Server up into SQL Azure. The tools and concepts are virtually the same. Our brains are sometimes hard-wired to assume a relational database is how and where we’ll store data when designing an application. But in the cloud, that might not always be optimal for achieving scale and optimal management of costs. We’ll also explore some of the non-relational storage services provided by Azure, including blobs, tables, and queues.
Peter Laudati, Developer Evangelist - Microsoft
Peter Laudati, the "JrzyShr Dev Guy," is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft, based in the New York/New Jersey area. One of his roles is supporting and educating developers working Microsoft technologies. Peter supports the developer community in the NY Metro area by speaking at user group events, Code Camps, and various tech conferences. Peter is also the co-host of the “Connected Show” (www.connectedshow.com), a podcast focused on the cloud and connecting Microsoft technology with non-Microsoft technology. His blog can be found at http://www.peterlaudati.com. You can also follow him on Twitter @Jrzyshr.
