You can count on one of three things failing: hardware, software, or people. One of the most important considerations when moving applications into the public cloud is how to plan for - and mitigate - these failures. Certainly there are best practices in building any application that help you to handle failures, but what are the practices when your applications run in the public cloud?
3. Monday, August 13 | 7pm – 12am | Mess Hall
Join fellow geeks at hack night and show-off your creativity and summer
camp spirit. Form a team or work individually. You’ll have approximately
4 hours to build an app and develop your pitch. Judges are looking for
some working code and the sprout of cool idea.
You bring: your laptop (Mac or PC), mobile devices to test with
We bring: power, internet, food/drink, music and technical experts
Entry categories:
• Best use of Windows Azure
• Best use of Twilio
• Best summer camp or Wisconsin theme
Keep it Legit. Generating ideas
ahead of hack night is encouraged,
All participants will have the chance to earn cool swag, and winning teams but please wait to create
can choose from a JAMBOX or Sphero. Prizes will be awarded at environments and code so everyone
midnight. has an equal starting point.
4. The real value of attending a conference is making the one-on-one connections and
having focused discussions about your business and technology challenges. Visit the
Microsoft and Aditi tables in between sessions on Monday & Tuesday, talk to a
Windows Azure expert and get a free drink ticket ($5.50 value) for the evening
activities.
Monday 10:00 – Economics of doing business in the cloud Jeff Nuckolls
Aug 13 11:30am Aditi
Getting started with Windows Azure development Michael Collier
Microsoft MVP
Understanding Windows Azure Storage Brian Prince
Microsoft
1:00 – Is the cloud a fit for my project or business? Brian Hanna
3:00pm Aditi
Understanding Web and Worker Roles in Windows Azure Brian Prince
Microsoft
Demystifying Windows Azure Service Bus Rick Garibay
Microsoft MVP
3:30 – Planning for failure in the cloud Wade Wegner
5:50pm Aditi
Tuesday 10:00 – Supporting the Windows Azure application – diagnostics and Michael Collier
Aug 14 11:30am monitoring Microsoft MVP
1:00 – Preparing your organization for cloud adoption Jeff Nuckolls
3:00pm Aditi
4/21 – EBS volumes in a single AZ within US East Region; cascaded; caused by network configuration change2/29 – leap year bug6/14 – Power outage in the Northern Virginia data center6/29 – Severe storm7/26 – western Europe, safety valve to prevent cascading issues not set properly
4/21 – EBS volumes in a single AZ within US East Region; cascaded; caused by network configuration change2/29 – leap year bug6/14 – Power outage in the Northern Virginia data center6/29 – Severe storm7/26 – western Europe, safety valve to prevent cascading issues not set properly