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RSS azureSilverlight 3 gets Mac friendly
News Guthrie also announced a few details on Windows Azure, reiterating that the final version of the Azure platform is due to launch before the end of 2009. Among the features being added is the inclusion of... [19 Mar 2009]
In the Mix for Microsoft? IE 8 and Silverlight to headline
News Microsoft is also expected to offer new details on its Windows Azure road map. The software maker announced Windows Azure at its Professional Developer Conference in October. The expected release of... [18 Mar 2009]
Solution Provider Uses Cloud-Based Data Services to Enable New Online Experiences
White Paper After evaluating alternatives, DigitalDirect selected Microsoft SQL Data Services, part of the Azure Services Platform, for limitless, "Cloud-based" structured data services in the exact form that the company needed. [27 Feb 2009]
"Idea everything's going to the cloud is folly"
News With the development of its online operating system Azure and a range of other online business services, Redmond is ramping up its efforts in the cloud to keep up with rivals such as Google and Amazon. [26 Feb 2009]
Microsoft: Windows Azure to be "very price competitive"
News Microsoft still isn't quite ready to talk pricing for Windows Azure but the company says it is increasingly confident there is room for it to make money at the same time customers can cut the cost out of running software... [12 Feb 2009]
Cloud computing for finance firms - is it compliant?
Comment At the end of October 2007, amid a blaze of publicity, Microsoft launched Azure, its cloud computing service. Financial services organisations are warming to cloud computing, despite the regulatory hurdles. [03 Feb 2009]
Microsoft's Muglia talks Windows Azure
Comment Here, Muglia talks to silicon.com sister site CNET News.com about Windows Azure, the cloud in general, and the economy. CNET News.com: Is this supposed to be a slow-motion rollout with Azure? Today it's... [08 Jan 2009]
Microsoft's server boss gets an upgrade
News Of note, Muglia now heads the Azure Services Platform, components of which look a lot like HailStorm. Microsoft started off its new-year executive shuffling by promoting long-time Server and Tools unit head Bob Muglia to... [06 Jan 2009]
Gates, open source, Azure and the cloud
News Microsoft's cloud has an Azure tinge Sticking with Microsoft it soon broke new ground when it announced its internet-hosted Windows operating system, Azure, in October. Although there was a lot of... [30 Dec 2008]
HP execs: Don't buy into the cloud hype
News These include Microsoft, which launched Azure, a cloud extension to its Windows franchise, Salesforce.com, Amazon and Google. Top HP software executives said on Tuesday that they believe in the ideas behind cloud... [11 Dec 2008]
Microsoft users "satisfied" with Vista, claims Microsoft
News Microsoft also recently announced a version of Windows that runs over the internet from inside Microsoft's own data centres, dubbed Azure. Windows Vista is making good progress according to Microsoft and users are by and... [08 Dec 2008]
Is Salesforce.com sitting pretty for cloud wars?
Comment At Dreamforce Marc Benioff was quick to point out the shortcomings of his competitors, criticising Microsoft for only making its Azure cloud OS compatible with its own technology and SAP for delays to its Business... [12 Nov 2008]
Start-ups placing faith in the cloud
News While the start-ups could see "enormous benefits" from the cloud, one issue they raised was over the role of Microsoft, which recently made a push into the area with the launch of its Azure set of cloud services. [07 Nov 2008]
'Microsoft, SAP just don't get cloud computing'
News Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff has accused SAP of failing to understand cloud computing and slammed Microsoft's internet-based operating system, Azure. Microsoft's cloud strategy also came in for criticism from Benioff,... [04 Nov 2008]
Microsoft announces Live Mesh developer Framework
News While it was Windows Azure that got much of the attention, Microsoft also released another important platform at last week's Professional Developers Conference. The software maker had said this would be coming when it... [03 Nov 2008]
