Architecture + Strategy  Musings from David Chou - Architect,
Microsoft    • Architecture + Strategy      Cloud Computing and
the Microsoft Platform       It has been a couple of months
since I wrote about cloud computing and Microsoft’s plans and
strategies. Now that Azure Services Platform has been unveiled
at PDC2008, and after having the opportunities to discuss it
with a community of architects from major enterprises and
startups via the Architect Council series of events, I can talk
about cloud computing from the perspective of the Microsoft
platform, and the architectural considerations that influenced
its design and direction.       Okay – cloud computing today is
a really overloaded term, much more than SOA (service-oriented
architecture) when it was the hottest ticket in IT. There are a
lot of different perspectives on cloud computing, adding to the
confusion and the hype. And unsurprisingly, there are a lot of
confusion around Microsoft’s cloud platform too. So here is one
way of looking at it.