Microsoft's Azure new contest (for INDIA alone)
- ASP.NET & PHP apps
- Context for professionals (as well as) Students
- Time line: 19-Aug (to) 16-Oct
Update: Last date for registration is extended to Oct-30
Earlier, first Microsoft conducted the international contest for Azure applications. Me and my friends participated with application called Jaiho. That time haven’t selected. I will participate in this India Contest also. (had to think about good, simple application)
Around one and half month back, I came to know about in NewCloudApp() developer challenge. It was a contest for creating Windows Azure based web application (or) service. I participated in that same [In 'international category'] with hearty support from my friend Ashok. Created a application called "Jaiho" and hosted here.
Now the contest is completed, congrats to the winners. My application is not selected, however thanks to all who tried the Jaiho application and voted for this.
About application "Jaiho" application:
Initially we planned to implement many functionalities for this website as like “big social networking website” like Facebook, Orkut.
Due to time limit, and laziness only few functions were implemented while hosted for contest.
Currently following functionalities are in this application,
- User can create an account newly (by new username, password) (OR)
- User can also create account by other web 2.0 website’s username password (OpenID / OAuth based User Authentication)
- Anyone can do “Search operation” by “myBing” section [it is using Bing search engine’s API]
- After creating account, user can store any files into this website (internally storing the data in Azure Blob storage)
- Currently all uploaded files accessible to public (will be changed, based on user choice)
I missed to post the details about “Jaiho” in this blog. Here below the excerpt of the mail which I sent to friends to promote this app for voting. Please Note: this below image is also hosted in cloud (by my account in Jaiho application). (i.e) image URL is:
http://jaihostorage.blob.core.windows.net/iammuruga-pics/Jaiho-newCloudApp-Contest-Promote-mail.jpg
More information about Azure Platform can be viewed here
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Update (05-Nov-2009):
Recently got notice from Microsoft, as I have to shift all my application/storage data to anther “region”, and previous data will get deleted. Excerpt of that notice is as follows:
“You are receiving this mail because you have an application or storage account in Windows Azure in the “USA - Northwest” region. Windows Azure production applications and storage will no longer be supported in the ‘USA-Northwest’ region. We will be deleting all Windows Azure applications and storage accounts in the “USA - Northwest” region on November 3rd.”
So, currently this basic application is down
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I would like ScottGu’s Link series posts. Based on that inspiration, Here I am starting Link posts, for some new Links I came across as useful. Note: I will update this post, within this month
Last updated Date: 04-Aug-2009
Azure Platform:
Silverlight:
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Cloud Computing & few bits about Microsoft Azure Platform,
Cloud Computing
[From wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing )]
Cloud computing is a style of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources are provided as a service over the Internet.
Leading companies offering Cloud Computing services, including:
Amazon
Google App Engine - http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/whatisgoogleappengine.html
Allows to host application written in Python & Java
Microsoft
Azure services platform. Windows Azure - http://www.microsoft.com/azure/windowsazure.mspx
Allows to host application written in ASP.NET & PHP
Java applications can also utilize “.NET services” by separate SDK
We can create, test and debug the applications using Visual Studio
Windows Azure Service Platform
Windows Azure is the cloud services operating system that provides various functionality for Cloud Computing. It serves as the development, service hosting, and service management environment for the Azure Services Platform. Windows Azure provides on-demand compute & storage services on the Internet in Microsoft data centers.
It provides various services including,
Azure Storage Services
Windows Azure "Tables"
- Used for "DBMS like" functionality. provides scalable, durable structured storage in the form of tables. The tables contain entities, and the entities contain properties. support ACID transactions. It can be accessed as "REST programming approach" via "ADO.NET Data Services".
Windows Azure "Blob"
- Used for "storing Binary data" (ex, Photos, Videos any any type of files).
Windows Azure "Queue"
- provides reliable storage and delivery of messages for an application.
Microsoft .NET Services
- set of developer-oriented services that provide key building blocks "for communication among applications".
[Much like the .NET Framework, for the Cloud computing].
Access Control Service
- The Access Control Service is a cloud-based "Security Token Service (STS)". It provides way for standards-based identity checking.
Service Bus
- provides the familiar Enterprise Service Bus application pattern.
Live Services
- is a set of building blocks for handling "user data and application resources". Live Services includes Mesh technologies for synchronizing user data and extending Web applications across multiple devices.
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