Slide-deck from Windows Azure & WP7 Firestarter event in Columbus, OH.

1. Samidip Basu Manager| Columbus ADI Practice Solutions Lead | MSFT Mobility Email: [email_address] Twitter: @samidip Info: http://samidipbasu.info Blog: http://samidipbasu.com Sogeti USA 8425 Pulsar Place, Suite 300 | Columbus, OH 43240. www.us.sogeti.com Best Buddies : Azure & WP7

4. What is…the Cloud for a Mobile Developer? A style of computing where massively scalable IT-enabled capabilities are delivered ‘as a service’ to external customers using Internet technologies. - Gartner Cloud computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand, like the electricity grid . -Wikipedia A way of delivering value and monetization efficiency. - Jonathan Appavoo The notion of data and applications and hardware sources being accessed remotely. - Kartik Hosanagar In a recent Economist survey, 20 years ago your typical knowledge worker got 80 percent of the info needed to do their job came from inside the company. Today, it ’s completely flipped. Cloud computing is the technical response to this reality. - Anthony Arrott Cloud is the worst buzzword I ’ve ever heard. Vapor, something you can’t touch. I think it’s a lot of hype, but then again, here I am offering that service. - Vance Checkletts

5. Huh .. say that again? The Cloud is just another place to host your code/stuff, but you are billed like a utility. Augment your Mobile Solutions with cloud support. Practicality?

6. Push Notifications

7. It ’s not always Sunny & 73 o !!

10. Anatomy of Live Tiles

12. Questions? Thank you !!