Microsoft launched Windows Azure, its cloud-based services offering at the recent Professional Developers Conference (PDC). Ray Ozzie, chief software architect at Microsoft, described Windows Azure ...

Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud computing platform has been gaining steam since its launch to paying customers in February. Just last week it reached 10,000 customers; already, Azure is shaping up to ...

Microsoft Azure, formerly known as Windows Azure, is Microsoft's public cloud computing platform. It provides a broad range of cloud services, including compute, analytics, storage and networking.

The cloud is becoming increasingly distributed, with container technologies allowing easy deployment of what had been cloud functionality to devices at the edge of the network. What began with ...

The cloud has become an important option for businesses of all sizes today. Even server applications like SQL Server, that many organizations once considered on-premises only, have gradually been ...

The only way to get extended support for 2008 versions of Windows and SQL Server is in the cloud. Here’s why you should be thinking about 2012 migrations now as well. The release of Windows Server ...

A "preview" test release of Microsoft's Windows Azure SQL Database Premium service offering and an enhanced Windows Azure update were released in two separate items on Wednesday. The new Windows Azure ...