#Azure Action – Weekly Newsletter – 23rd July 2011 Mini

Westpac to save with own private cloud

WESTPAC Banking Group expects to slash tens of millions of dollars from its IT budget thanks to a "private cloud" delivered by Microsoft and Fujitsu in Australia

• Windows Azure Code Samples Page Gets a Makeover
• Testing Windows Azure Applications

• Data Consistency Models - Referential Integrity with Federations in SQL Azure

• Tutorial: Creating a custom external service in Azure AppFabric June CTP

• Dynamic earthquake simulation - Nice example of tile overlay (in this case HPC MPI job) on Bing Maps:

• How to minimize cloud security risks
• Cloud Computing Can Save Big Firms Billions in Energy Costs | Computing
• 'Our education problem can be solved with cloud computing'

• Microsoft Deepens Cloud Partnership with Capgemini -- Redmond Channel Partner
• Microsoft Releases Cloud Migration, Office 365 Assessment Tool

• Microsoft Research Debuts 'Daytona' Azure Analytics Tools
• New social gaming toolkit
  • Tankster, a Social Game Built for Windows Azure
• DNN Azure Accelerator 6.0 is coming!
• New Book: Developing Microsoft SharePoint Applications Using Windows Azure

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Some ServiceBus guidance can be found here and Firewall settings here

The Windows Azure Data Center IP range is described in terms of the Windows Azure AppFabric:

• October 2010
• January 2011