There is no question that there is a growing demand for high-performing, connected systems and applications. Windows Azure AppFabric has an interesting array of features today that can be used by ISVs and other developers to architect hybrid on-premise/in-cloud applications. Components like Service Bus, Access Control Service and the Caching Service. are very useful in their own right when used to build hybrid applications.
The AppFabric Service Bus is key to integration in Windows Azure. The AppFabric Service Bus is extremely powerful way to connect systems and content outside the firewalls of companies, unifying it with internal, often legacy systems’ data. The AppFabric facilitates transmitting content to any device, anywhere in the world, at any time.
So why do you think we need the App Fabric?
(1) Operating systems are still located—trapped is often a better word—on a local computer, typically behind a firewall and perhaps network address translation (NAT) of some sort. This problem is true of smart devices and phones, too.
(2) As ubiquitous as Web browsers are, their reach into data is limited to an interactive exchange in a format they understand.
(3) Code re-use is low for many aspects of software. Think about server applications, desktop or portable computers, smart devices, and advanced cell phones. Microsoft leads the way in one developer experience across multiple paradigms.
(4) Legacy apps are hard to re-write, due to security concerns or privacy restrictions. Often times the codebase lacks the support of the original developers.
(5) The Internet is not always the network being used. Private networks are an important part of the application environment, and their insulation from the Internet is a simple fact of information technology (IT) life.
Come join me for some non-stop hands-on coding on January 27th. I've created a series of hands-on labs that will help you get started with the Windows Azure Platform, with an emphasis on the AppFabric.
Starting with Turbo C and 8086 Assembler in the late 80s, Bruno Terkaly has kept busy teaching and writing code in a multitude of platforms, languages, frameworks, SDKs, libraries, and APIs. Bruno's depth of knowledge comes from years of experience in the field, where he can bring real-world knowledge and combine it with forward thinking that is required for his current role as a Developer Evangelist at Microsoft. Prior to evangelism, Bruno was a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer, helping customers in remote locations on a moment's notice to help with extreme troubleshooting scenarios, including problem isolation and correction, live and post-mortem debugging, on-the-fly application design and code reviews, performance tuning (IIS, SQL Server, .NET), application stability, porting / migration assistance, configuration management, pre-rollout testing and general development consulting. As an evangelist, Bruno spends time writing code and giving live presentations on building cloud based applications, specifically using the Windows Azure Platform. He also takes a strong interest in Mobile Computing and is convinced that both mobile and cloud platforms, separately and together, are poised for huge growth over the next 10 years.
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