Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly roundup of the latest community-driven news, content and conversations about cloud computing and Windows Azure. Here are the highlights from last week.
- Guthrie Talks Node.js and Windows Azure at Cloud Event by John K. Waters, ADT Magazine (posted Jan. 27.)
- EU Seeks Joint National Cloud-Computing Purchases for Growth, Marthe Fourcade and Robert Vapuesta editors, BusinessWeek (posted Jan. 26.)
- States Allow Voting Via Cloud for Citizens Overseas by Elizabeth Montalbano, InformationWeek (posted Jan. 25.)
- Windows Azure on Cloud9, IDE by Adrian Bridgewater, Dr. Dobbs (posted Jan. 24.)
- State Clouds Have Local Linings by Justin Kern, Information Management (posted Jan. 23.)
- UK Windows Azure User Group Event Feb. 7, Parallel Processing with Windows Azure and HPC Server (thanks to @lwaug for the tweet.)
- Webcast: How to Transform Your Dynamics Business with Windows Azure Feb. 8 at 9:00 am ET (posted Jan. 29.)
- Windows Azure Camp in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 3 (thanks to @chrduf for the tweet.)
- 8 Essential Best Practices in Windows Azure Blog Storage by Nuno Godinho, A Cloudy Place (posted Jan. 27.)
- Cannot Create Database ‘DevelopmentStorageDb20110816’ for the Windows Azure Storage Emulator blog post by Wade Wegner, Windows Azure Technical Evangelist at Microsoft (posted Jan. 25.)
- How Much Overcapacity Are You Running with Today? I Bet SQL Azure Federations Can Trim That! blog post by Cihan Biyikoglu, SQL Azure program manager at Microsoft (posted Jan. 26.)
- Register for the Upcoming Windows Azure Discovery Events on the West Coast blog post by Wes Yanaga, Microsoft evangelist (posted Jan. 24.)
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Himanshu Kumar Singh
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