Developing Applications for the Cloud on the Microsoft Windows Azure Platform - Softcover

Eugenio Pace is a Senior Program Manager in the patterns & practices group at Microsoft®. He is responsible for developing guidance for migrating and building application for the Windows Azure® platform and for Windows® Phone 7. Before that he worked on architecture guidance for claims based identity and identity federation. You can find his blog here: http://blogs.msdn.com/eugeniop and on twitter @eugenio_Pace.

Dominic Betts is a principal technologist at Content Master, part of CM Group Ltd, a technical authoring and consulting company. An expert on developing applications with the Microsoft .NET Framework and Windows Azure™, Dominic has produced numerous training courses, white papers, and other technical material on .NET, Windows Azure, and Microsoft® BizTalk®.

Scott Densmore works as a Software Engineer at Microsoft®. His primary interests are cloud computing and mobile device computing. You can find him at http://scottdensmore.typepad.com/ and on Twitter @scottdensmore.

Ryan Dunn is the Windows Azure™ Technical Evangelist and produces the popular Cloud Cover show on Channel 9. Prior to joining Microsoft®, Ryan was an MVP for ASP.NET and Directory Services. You can find him at http://dunnry.com or on Twitter @dunnry.

Masashi Narumoto works on Microsoft®'s patterns & practices team who delivers applied engineering guidance to Microsoft's customers. His primary interests are in cloud computing and mobile applications. You can find him at http://blogs.msdn.com/masashi_narumoto or on Twitter @dragon119.

Matias Woloski is a Principal Architect at Southworks who specializes on identity and cloud computing. He has more than 10 years experience designing and developing software and helping companies to take advantage of emergent technologies. He is an advocate for flawless and pragamatic solutions focused on tangible deliverables with high return of investment. Matias works closely with various groups within Microsoft to drive the early adoption of emerging elements of the Microsoft platform. Matias is also a frequent speaker at industry events and academic forums in United States, China, Argentina, Mexico and Chile. During 2009 and 2010, he wrote threebooks in joint with other industry experts about Claims Based Identity and Access Control and Cloud Computing. His blog located athttp://blogs.southworks.net/mwoloski, focuses on identity, cloud computing and architecture.