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What does cloud computing got to do with iOS, android or WP7 mobile applications, social networking campaign, digital signage and large interactive touch display panel such as Microsoft Surface? Imaging the scenario where you launch a marketing campaign and suddenly see a surge of visitors using your application. Well done mate! oh wait up…..what is it that you say? your server is down and out because it can’t handle the load?…..my heart is with you dude, maybe next time, try cloud computing :) ...

I heard about Umbraco during MIX11 and was recently reminded of it when I was doing my research on CMS for Azure. What I really like was the availability of an Azure accelerator that allows you to setup Umbraco on Azure easily. Well, I’m not too sure if its just me, but the setup process wasn’t really smooth sailing, so I thought it will be helpful to share my experiences and hopefully it will help you guys who encounter similar road blocks. I highly recommend you watch this video from MIX11 to preview the entire setup process. Go on, I’ll be waiting right here when you are done ;) Welcome back, time to start cracking, download the following: ...

The guys from Microsoft Redmond put together a code project that illustrate how to build multi-tenancy Azure applications. Below is an abstract of the project, “The Cloud Ninja Project is a Windows Azure multi-tenant sample application demonstrating metering and automated scaling concepts, as well as some common multi-tenant features such as automated provisioning and federated identity. This sample was developed by the Azure Incubation Team in the Developer & Platform Evangelism group at Microsoft in collaboration with Full Scale 180. One of the primary goals throughout the project was to keep the code simple and easy to follow, making it easy for anyone looking through the application to follow the logic without having to spend a great deal of time trying to determine what’s being called or have to install and debug to understand the logic.” ...

Just in case you haven’t gone through the updates for Windows Azure announced at MIX 11, below is a summary of the new services and functionalities that will be available / is currently available for Azure. New Services and Functionality An update to the Windows Azure SDK that includes a Web Deployment Tool to simplify the migration, management and deployment of IIS Web servers, Web applications and Web sites. This new tool integrates with Visual Studio 2010 and the Web Platform Installer. This update will ship later today. ...

The Office 365 Beta is now open to the public. Office 365 provides a cloud-based subscription service that includes Office 2010 Professional Plus, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and Lync Online. For developers and ISVs, Office 365 offers a platform for building cloud-based collaboration and communication solutions for the cloud. To get you guys up to speed, check out these training materials Office 365 Training Course for Public Beta. online training course and offline training kit from MSDN The Office 365 Developer Training Kit includes ...

If you have been following MIX 11, there is alot of buzz about the native experience which Internet Explorer 9 / Windows 7 integration can deliver for web applications. One of these features is the jump list for pinned web application and we are glad to announce that Innovative Singapore is now “jump list enabled”! If you are using IE9 and Windows 7, try pinning the site by dragging it to your Windows Taskbar. Once pinned, right click on the icon and you will be presented with the jump list which presents you with a one-click access to the various sections in Innovative Singapore. ...