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CAIRO BOOKS's Description
Learn the nuts and bolts of cloud computing with Windows Azure, Microsoft's
new Internet services platform. Written by a key member of the product
development team, this book shows you how to build, deploy, host, and manage
applications using Windows Azure's programming model and essential storage
services.
Chapters in Programming Windows Azure are organized to reflect the platform's
buffet of services. The book's first half focuses on how to write and host
application code on Windows Azure, while the second half explains all of the
options you have for storing and accessing data on the platform with high
scalability and reliability. Lots of code samples and screenshots are available
to help you along the way. Learn how to build applications using the Windows
Azure toolset Discover how Windows Azure works under the hood, and learn the
how and the why behind several features Choose to write application code in
.NET or other languages such as C/C++, PHP, or Ruby Understand the various
options for managing your service Get up to speed on Azure's storage services,
including blobs, queues, and tables Build a secure backup system, and learn
about cloud application security, cryptography, and performance