The Azure Developer Challenge
new CloudApp(), a US based developer challenge, was launched today. Its focus is to promote applications running on the Azure Services Platform. This contest will have three categories of winners for applications running on the Azure Services Platform:
- best .NET application,
- top PHP application, and,
- community winner
Contest Dates:
- Monday, May 4: Contest Open
- Thursday, June 18: Submission deadline
- Friday, June 19: Community voting starts
- Thursday, June 25: .NET & PHP category winners announced at Structure 09
- Monday, June 29: Community voting ends
- Tuesday, June 30: Community winner announced
Here is what the winner gets ?
- Be featured on www.azure.com as well as at major Microsoft events
- Be featured in a video interview on Channel 9 with the application author
- Winners will be announced at Structure 09
- Receive cash ($):
- .NET Applications Category winner: $5,000 Visa gift card
- PHP Applications Category winner: $5,000 Visa gift card
- Community winner: $2,500 Visa gift card
How do I get Started ?:
- Join BizSpark if you’re a startup or an entrepreneur, to get access to tools for development and test
- Register to join the contest
- Sign up for the Azure Services
- Download the SDKs and Tools
For more information see newCloudApp().com.
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Raj Ramabadran, Platform Strategy Advisor (BIO)
As a Platform Strategy Advisor at Microsoft, my overall mission is to secure platform adoption. A key focus is to evangelize and demonstrate the business value of Microsoft platform technologies by driving early adoption and mainstream deployment. I typically engage and collaborate with senior business and technical decision makers at customers and partners on leveraging the breath of technology and resources at Microsoft to enable them to excel their application of technology to business strategy.
Prior to Microsoft, professional experience includes 20+ years of IT Enterprise Strategy & Architecture, Development, Operation, Management and Management Consulting. Experience in ERP, Supply Chain, Customer Facing e.g. eCommerce apps, SaaS, Web 2.0, Enterprise Portals and Identity Management Previous roles include Chief Enterprise Architect at Spansion, Sr. Technologist/Sr. IT Manager at Sun, Management Consultant at E&Y LLP, Principal Consutant at Oracle.
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