cloud computing in .net 4.0

Answer 1

Cloud computing is another name for what a lot of us have been doing for a long time. Distributed computing and service oriented architecture. The tools are already there in your IDE and in your framework. Apply them with discretion and where necessary. Know the buzzwords, but don't pay them too much attention.

The main thing that has been added by the current discussions on cloud bassed computing is the emphasis on being able to scale up quickly and pay for what you use. But again, from a technology point of view, this has been available to us for a long time.

Answer 2

If you are interested in MS solution for cloud computing you can check Windows Azure, SQL Azure and AppFabric. About general info on cloud computing you can check Wikipedia.

But mainly as Daniel mentioned technologies are almost the same. Even platforms almost the same... like IIS 7/WAS/ Biztalk Server/ Windows Server/ MS SQL Server, of course with a little modifications and even not for all of them.

Answer 3

A cloud technology that would make specific use .net is Windows Azure.

Cloud Computer is basically another form of grid computing with the details of infrastructure abstracted away.

To make best use of cloud for custom apps you will need to be aware of the issue with concurrent and distributed systems eg Race Conditions, And you need to know how to transfer the data back and forth from the cloud.

Microsoft is not the only provider of cloud services:

Amazon is one with EC2 http://aws.amazon.com/

Amazon does have .net bindings http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/forumindex.jspa

Google is another with it's app engine http://code.google.com/appengine/

Example Google apps http://appgallery.appspot.com/