Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Cloud Warz: Windows Azure vs Google App Engine

Today I gave a presentation comparing two cloud providers, Microsoft Windows Azure and Google App Engine: "A practical introduction to two of the most popular cloud vendors and unbiased comparison".

Check out the presentation here:
http://www.nanogmail.com/WindowAzureGoogleAppEngineComparison.pdf
The source code for the Windows Azure project is under which can be used as your "hello world" with data access is under:
and for the Google App Engine is under

The scariest thing perceived about Azure is that you have to give your credit card during registration.
Another big inconvenience is that it is really expensive and as an introductory offer you get only one small virtual instance. So, as concluded in the presentation, probably some 90% will prefer Google App Engine unless Microsoft does some drastic steps in changing its model.

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