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RSS azureClouds clear as Microsoft gives Azure a January launch date
News Microsoft's cloud-based computing platform Azure has been given an official launch date. Azure will be made commercially available from 1 January, Microsoft's chief software architect, Ray Ozzie,... [18 Nov 2009]
Service Level Agreement (SLA) Negotiation, Automation and Orchestration for Cloud Computing
White Paper The paper will also look into a case study from Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud System and identify the techniques that they have adopted in the area of SLA control. This paper studies the SLA process, with focus on the... [12 Nov 2009]
Windows Azure and ISVS: A Guide for Decision Makers
White Paper One option for an ISV looking to benefit from the cloud is to exploit Windows Azure. Designed to support highly scalable and reliable applications, Windows Azure is Microsoft's flagship cloud platform... [02 Oct 2009]
Introducing the Windows Azure Platform: An Early Look at Windows Azure, .Net Services, SQL Services, and Live Services
White Paper Using computers in the cloud can make lots of sense. Rather than buying and maintaining own machines, why not exploit the acres of Internet-accessible servers on offer today? For some applications, their code and data might both live in... [02 Oct 2009]
A Developer's Guide to the Microsoft .NET Access Control Service: Access Control in the Cloud
White Paper Microsoft .NET Services are a set of highly scalable developer-oriented services running in Microsoft data centers as part of the Azure Services Platform. The goal of this whitepaper is to show developers how to use a... [02 Oct 2009]
Cloud vendor shakeup on the horizon
Comment Microsoft Azure (and .NET Services), which is kind of a hybrid approach somewhere between Amazon EC2 (cloud system infrastructure) and Google App Engine (APaaS), will hit general availability sometime soon. [01 Sep 2009]
Trial Microsoft's cloud SQL Azure Database - for free
News In a move to capture a piece of the cloud computing pie, Microsoft announced its upcoming Azure Services Platform back in October last year. Today it unleashed a free trial of SQL Azure Database, the... [19 Aug 2009]
PayPal makeover sparks developer charm offensive
News Microsoft probably had an easier time choosing PayPal for its payment service than some of the alternatives: Amazon Flexible Payment Services and Google Checkout both come from companies in direct competition with Microsoft's... [24 Jul 2009]
All About Azure
White Paper Azure, Microsoft's cloud-computing platform, is still a mystery to many Microsoft developers, customers, partners (and even competitors). The final version of Azure is going to launch this fall -- with... [17 Jul 2009]
easyJet sees the cloud's Azure lining
News As more details of Microsoft's cloud computing Azure Services Platform (ASP) emerged yesterday, low-cost airline easyJet has revealed it's planning to trial the tech. ASP will be launched commercially in the fourth... [15 Jul 2009]
Why Windows Azure is 'very much restricted' to Microsoft datacentres
News One of the limiting factors for Windows Azure - Microsoft's operating system for the cloud - is that it only runs in Microsoft's datacentres. Server and Tools boss Bob Muglia said in an interview on Tuesday that Windows... [15 Jul 2009]
Microsoft puts flesh on Azure's bones with pricing details
News Microsoft has revealed more details, including pricing, around one of its most significant forays into cloud computing, the Azure Services Platform (ASP). ASP - a set of online developer services that includes the... [14 Jul 2009]
Five ways Microsoft has changed since Gates left
Comment One of the company's most intriguing new products in this area is cloud-based computing platform Windows Azure, which was announced in October 2008. David Mitchell, analyst with Ovum, says Windows Azure... [08 Jul 2009]
Microsoft mega datacentre heads to Dublin
News Both the new sites are intended to support Microsoft's online services, including its Azure hosted services and the recently introduced Bing search engine. Microsoft on Wednesday launched a new datacentre in Dublin,... [02 Jul 2009]
Microsoft's Hohm wants to help you cut your gas bill
News It's also one of the first commercial services to launch running on Windows Azure, the cloud-based operating system that Microsoft introduced last year. Microsoft's move into the energy monitoring business may sound like... [25 Jun 2009]
