Taranfx - Your Gateway To Technology » Azure http://www.taranfx.com Latest in Technology Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:24:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 How the Red Dog dream team built a cloud OS from scratch http://www.taranfx.com/how-the-red-dog-dream-team-built-a-cloud-os-from-scratch http://www.taranfx.com/how-the-red-dog-dream-team-built-a-cloud-os-from-scratch#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:06:57 +0000 admin http://taranfx.com/blog/?p=293 It has been four months since Microsoft took the official wraps off its cloud-computing initiative.  Yet still relatively little still is known about the Azure platform and plans.

The part of Azure which intrigued me the most was the cloud operating system, code-named “Red Dog,” that is at its heart. Late last month, Microsoft allowed me access to many of the principals behind Red Dog — everyone from the infamous father of VMS and NT, David Cutler, to the handful of top-dog engineers who helped design and develop the various Red Dog core components. Over the course of this week, I’m going to be publishing a post a day about Red Dog.

Starting from scratch

Before the Red Dog operating system or the larger Azure stack was even a gleam in anyone’s eye, Corporate Vice President Amitabh Srivastava had the opportunity to do almost anything he wanted. He could hand-pick a team of the best and brightest to .. Read Further »

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The part of Azure which intrigued me the most was the cloud operating system, code-named “Red Dog,” that is at its heart. Late last month, Microsoft allowed me access to many of the principals behind Red Dog — everyone from the infamous father of VMS and NT, David Cutler, to the handful of top-dog engineers who helped design and develop the various Red Dog core components. Over the course of this week, I’m going to be publishing a post a day about Red Dog.

Starting from scratch

Before the Red Dog operating system or the larger Azure stack was even a gleam in anyone’s eye, Corporate Vice President Amitabh Srivastava had the opportunity to do almost anything he wanted. He could hand-pick a team of the best and brightest to .. Read Further »

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