Pie in the Sky (April 20, 2012)

Friday links for your reading pleasure. Just a few today; busy week. How I long for the slow days of late fall/early winter.

• Announcing Windows Azure Media Services: "Windows Azure Media Services simplifies the creation, management, and delivery of media to almost any device including Microsoft Xbox, Windows Phone handsets and Windows PCs, as well as non-Microsoft platforms such as smart TVs, set-top boxes, MacOS, iOS, and Android."

• node-linq: An implementation of Linq in Node.

• Tips, tricks, tutorials and screencasts to help you improve your JavaScript: The title pretty much says it all.

• All Cloud Models are Not the Same; Understanding the Security Implications of SaaS, Paas, and Iaas: A discussion about the risks involved for the different cloud computing models.

• There's no need to be a one-cloud company: Something that I think is inevitable, but not here yet, is building solutions out of components hosted across multiple clouds. This article talks about it a bit, including some of the challenges.

Have a great weekend!