by Lucas Carlson
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) is gaining serious traction among web and mobile developers, but as new PaaS providers emerge and existing vendors upgrade their features, it's hard to keep track of what PaaS has to offer. This thorough introduction takes you through the PaaS model from a developer's point of view, and breaks down the types of services that Google App Engine, Windows Azure, Heroku, Cl...
Price: $21.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2013
Programming Microsoft's Clouds 
by Thomas Rizzo, Michiel van Otegem, Zoiner Tejada, Razi bin Rais, Darrin Bishop, George Durzi, David Mann
More and more companies are realizing the power and potential of Cloud computing as a viable way to save energy and money. This valuable book offers an in-depth look at a wide range of Cloud topics unlike any other book on the market. Examining how Cloud services allows users to pay as they go for exactly what they use, this guide explains how companies can easily scale their Cloud use up and down to fit th...
Price: $17.77 | Publisher: Wrox | Release: 2012
Pro SQL Database for Windows Azure, 2nd Edition
by Scott Klein, Herve Roggero
Pro SQL Database for Windows Azure, 2nd Edition shows how to create enterprise-level database deployments without the usual investment in datacenter and other infrastructure. Take advantage instead of Microsoft's worldwide backbone for cloud computing that delivers all the power of SQL Server in the form of the cloud-based SQL Database for Windows Azure. You can create and deploy a database in mere min...
Price: $49.99 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2012
Windows Azure programming patterns for Start-ups
by Riccardo Becker
Explore the different features of Windows Azure and its unique concepts. Get to know the Windows Azure platform by code snippets and samples by a single start-up scenario throughout the whole book. A clean example scenario demonstrates the different Windows Azure features....
Price: $26.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2012
by Bayer White
In Pro WF 4.5, you'll find the insight and direction for understanding how to build workflows using WF 4.5 and host them as long-running services using Microsoft's Windows Server, for on-premises work, and Azure AppFabric, for hosting workflows in the cloud....
Price: $43.00 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2012
by Bill Wilder
If your team is investigating ways to design applications for the cloud, this concise book introduces 11 architecture patterns that can help you take advantage of cloud-platform services. You'll learn how each of these platform-agnostic patterns work, when they might be useful in the cloud, and what impact they'll have on your application architecture. You'll also see an example of each patte...
Price: $13.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2012
by Roberto Brunetti
Your hands-on, step-by-step guide to the programming fundamentals for Windows Azure. Teach yourself how to build and host scalable applications in the cloud using Windows Azure - one step at a time. Ideal for those with basic programming skills, this tutorial provides practical, learn-by-doing exercises for working with the core services and features of the Windows Azure platform....
Price: $5.40 | Publisher: Microsoft Press | Release: 2011
Developing Microsoft SharePoint Applications Using Windows Azure
by Steve Fox
Deliver custom, cloud-based business solutions using SharePoint 2010 and Windows Azure together. By applying hands-on techniques from Microsoft cloud development expert Steve Fox, you'll learn how to increase the reach, resource capability, and reusability of your apps. Get the practical code exercises and solid advice you need - whether you're planning to build complete data-driven applications o...
Price: $3.98 | Publisher: Microsoft Press | Release: 2011
Windows Phone 7 Developer Guide
by Dominic Betts, Federico Boerr, Scott Densmore, Jose Gallardo Salazar, Alex Homer
This guide describes a scenario around a fictitious company named Tailspin that has decided to include Windows Phone 7 as a client device for their existing cloud-based application. Their Windows Azure-based application named Surveys is described in detail in a previous book in this series, DevelopingApplications for the Cloud.After reading this book, you will be familiar with how to design and implement ap...
Price: $3.72 | Publisher: Microsoft Press | Release: 2011
Professional SharePoint 2010 Cloud-Based Solutions
by Steve Fox, Girish Raja, Paul Stubbs, Donovan Follette
If you want to be part of the next major shift in the IT industry, you'll want this book. Melding two of the hottest trends in the industry - the widespread popularity of the SharePoint collaboration platform and the rapid rise of cloud computing - this practical guide shows developers how to extend their SharePoint solutions with the cloud's almost limitless capabilities. See how to get started, ...
Price: $4.34 | Publisher: Wrox | Release: 2011