An Azure hosted application built by Strategic Data Systems is featured in CodeGuru.com article, Top 7 Tools for Microsoft Azure, authored by Brian Prince, Architect Evangelist with Microsoft. According to Prince, “Windows Azure has a great community of tools and helpers to make a developer's life easier...and open source projects are a great way to see how other developers have solved some problems you might be facing.” Read the full article at http://www.codeguru.com/csharp/.net/article.php/c18451/Top-7-Tools-for-Microsoft-Azure.htm.
GreyBox is an Azure hosted service deployment notifier, created by Mike Wood, Azure MVP and Cloud Specialist at Strategic Data Systems.
The GreyBox application is designed to alert a user if their Windows Azure compute services are currently running, or are even simply deployed, since unexpected costs can arise if Azure compute services are accidentally left running in the cloud after a presentation or class. Prince describes it as a, “...great and free tool..” The name GreyBox comes from the concept of wanting to have the compute service slots empty, which the Azure Portal represents as a graphical grey box. Learn more at http://greybox.codeplex.com/.
Strategic Data Systems has been leading Windows Azure and Cloud Computing education efforts for the past several months. It has led several Windows Azure Boot Camps, along with introductory talks on the Cloud. Learn more at http://sds-consulting.com.