Exploring the Service Provider track – Fabrikam Shipping Part II (Solution) by Eugenio Pace

Now that we presented the scenario & the requirements , let’s take a look at the solution. What is conceptual solution we propose? Fabrikam Shipping in the pre-Claims era: This diagram shows Fabrikam Shipping today if used by Adatum (no claims, no...

Exploring the Service Provider track – First station: Fabrikam Shipping – Part I (the scenario & challenges) by Eugenio Pace - Cloud Computing Guidance

Once again, thanks everybody that wrote us with reviews, feedback and suggestions! Please keep it coming! Also: we hope to have soon a CodePlex site where we can start sharing more. We are still working out some details. As usual, the Disclaimer: this...

Announcing new project – patterns & practices - Claims based Authentication & Authorization Guide by Eugenio Pace - Cloud Computing Guidance

For the next couple of months I’ll be working on a new project here at patterns & practices , developing a new guide for claims based authentication and authorization. I’m personally very happy to be working on this project, for many reasons. I believe...

First experiments with (new) SQL Data Services by Eugenio Pace - Software as a Service Architecture Guidance

Last week I got my new login to the new SQL Data Services . As a reminder for all readers: SDS accelerates its plans to offer relational capabilities May 11, 2009 - Based on customer feedback, SDS has accelerated its plans and will be offering true relational...

Accessing SDS From PHP by SQL Data Services Team Blog

Hi folks, this is Nigel Ellis and I’m an architect on the SQL Services team. I’ve just returned from MIX2009 where I announced our new relational service in my What's New with SQL Data Services talk . You can watch the full video and download the...
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Windows Azure 101 – Primitives and Application Patterns – Playing Mendeleyev by Eugenio Pace - Software as a Service Architecture Guidance

Windows Azure’s primitives are very simple, but as in many other things, the power comes from the combination of these simpler primitives to create more complex things. Look around and see how many things can be assembled from a little more than 100 Read...
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Azure IssueTracker Enterprise - Simple Demos by Eugenio Pace - Software as a Service Architecture Guidance

Provisioning IssueTracker Enterprise: Highlights: There’s no direct interaction with Access Control Service. IssueTracker uses ACS API to create the scopes, rules and the issuer (Contoso). The provisioning form captures all the required information to...
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Architecting Cloud Application for the Enterprise – Part V – Management by Eugenio Pace - Software as a Service Architecture Guidance

Having solved the identity issue, the SuperCloudySoftware team focuses then on the management requirements raised in the meeting with VeryBigCorp CIO. To recap, they want to: Be able to to monitor IssueTracker from their existing infrastructure, that...
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Architecting Cloud Applications for the Enterprise – Part IV - SuperCloudySoftware sketches IssueTracker Enterprise Edition by Eugenio Pace - Software as a Service Architecture Guidance

In the previous article , we explored the challenges of building services for an enterprise, illustrating those through a dialogue between VeryBigCorp CIO and a team from SuperCloudySoftware . VBC requirements can be summarized as: Identity integration...
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The need for “standards for application logic” in PaaS. Really? by Eugenio Pace - Software as a Service Architecture Guidance

In his latest post on Coghead’s demise, Phil argues that: “ What this highlights is the lack of any standard for transferring not just data but application logic between such platforms.” My argument is that those standards already exist and are widely...
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Architecting Cloud Applications for the Enterprise - Part III - SuperCloudySoftware meets VeryBigCorp CIO by Eugenio Pace - Software as a Service Architecture Guidance

Actors : the CIO at VeryBigCorp , John ( SuperCloudySoftware's CEO) and a bunch of senior developers and architects. CIO : Gentlemen, welcome. Let me start by saying that our internal Customer is absolutely fascinated with your application. Believe...
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Architecting Cloud Applications for the Enterprise - Part II - VeryBigCorp buys IssueTracker by Eugenio Pace - Software as a Service Architecture Guidance

Now that we have introduced our characters, we will start this story describing the acquisition process of IssueTracker in VeryBigCorp . IssueTracker was first used in VBC by a very limited number of people. Someone in some business unit somehow learnt...
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Architecting Cloud Applications for the Enterprise - Part I - Introducing the Actors by Eugenio Pace - Software as a Service Architecture Guidance

I will start this series by introducing the main characters of our scenario. First, we have VeryBigCorp . VBC is a large corporation, with multiple branches and subsidiaries, thousands of employees, etc. VBC is the typical organization with a rather complex...
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Architecting Cloud Services for the Big Enterprise by Eugenio Pace - Software as a Service Architecture Guidance

For the last couple of months, we’ve been working on scenarios that involve consuming cloud services and applications from "Big Enterprise" . The focus being the technical obstacles for adopting cloud services. Big Enterprise is the moniker...
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