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Windows Azure Insider December 2013 – Meet the Demands of Modern Gaming with Windows Azure

For the December 2013 issue of the Windows Azure Insider column, Bruno and I write about how the public cloud can be used to create a robust backend to support multiplayer games for mobile devices, combining the power of Virtual Machines (IaaS) with Cloud Services (PaaS). The article can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dn532200.aspx Thanks for…

Two patterns to keep in mind when architecting applications for the cloud

After working with several companies trying to deploy their solutions to Windows Azure, I have found the lack of two common features / patterns in their architectures that prevent them from taking full advantage of the extra IT capacity that the cloud offers. To be honest, these are good practices that apply not only to…