Riviera is a sample application for Windows Azure available on MSDN Code Gallery for download. Riviera has been developed by Platform Evangelism group in collaboration with Cumulx who are a Cloud ISV partner. Key features of Riviera are:

Multi-tenant data store based on Azure Table Storage as well as SQL Azure.
Per tenant customization of data model
Per [...]

Jim Nakashima has announced the availability of Windows Azure Tools and SDK July 2009 CTP. Here are the download links:

Windows Azure Tools For Visual Studio 2008 And Visual Studio 2010 (also includes the SDK).
Windows Azure SDK only.

 
Here is a list of new goodies in July 2009 CTP re-posted from this link. 
New for the July [...]

This video is by far the best explanation I have seen. It cannot get any simpler and smarter. Original source of the video is Channel 9.

Just wanted to let readers of this blog know that I will be presenting Cloud Computing for .Net Developers at

WDNUG (Wollongong .Net User Group) on 13th May 2009.
ADNUG (Adelaide .Net User Group) on 10th June 2009.

 
I look forward to meeting developers at these user groups and enjoy a geeky evening.
If you run a user [...]

CCC stands for Cloud Computing Consultant. There, I have said it. This is my contribution to acronyms-land. I have also cleverly designed it to minimize RSI which I am sure will be appreciated. You only have to use one key to type the acronym. If you ever come across the term Cloud Computing Consultant [...]