A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Harmonica


      
            Microsoft code name of the day: Harmonica
      
            Best guess on what it is: A P2P data synchronization service that could be key to Microsoft?s cloud-computing vision
      
            Meaning/context of the code name: This is one of those codenames of which I really cannot figure the origin. My guess? Perhaps it?s a play on the ?harmony? that Harmonica is supposed to bring to Microsoft?s services?
      
            Back story: Harmonica is a codename I first got wind of a year ago. The way it was described to me was it was some kind of ?multi-master mesh? that will underlie everything from the Zune to small-business services. It supposedly is what will allow users to synchronice their photos, email, documents, music and video across applications.
      Other interesting pieces of the Harmonica puzzle: There supposedly will be a Harmonica toolkit to enable third-party software and services to tap into Harmonica and build on top of it. And there also may be consumer-facing Harmonica implementations, such as file-sync utilities.Continue At Source


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