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- Azure
- A cloud computing platform from Microsoft that comprises the Azure Services Platform and the Windows Azure "cloud services" operating system. It is a comprehensive environment for developing applications that...
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- Microsoft Windows Azure and SQL Azure
- Microsoft's Windows Azure and SQL Azure address part of organizations requirements for an open, standards based platform that can support local, private and public clouds. by Dan Kusnetzky
- Tags: SQL, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Programming Languages, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- What's next for Microsoft's Azure cloud platform?
- In the past year, customers and developers testing Windows Azure have been running primarily brand-new (and largely Web 2.0 style) apps on Microsoft's cloud operating system. But when will Azure be tuned to handle host legacy enterprise apps? And when and how will users be able to take advantage of...
- Tags: Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Corp., Web 2.0, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Internet, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-11-17
- News to know: Cisco; Azure; Smartphones; Twitter lists; Facebook; Skype; Twitter device
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Cisco unveils collaboration, e-mail and social tools for the enterprise Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft puts more...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Twitter Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Skype Technologies S.A., Cisco Systems Inc., Smartphone, Sam Diaz, E-mail, Web Browsers, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Online Communications, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- Microsoft puts more Azure cloud plumbing in place
- Microsoft is continuing to lay the groundwork for the commercial version of its Azure cloud environement, rolling out a new content delivery network CDN capability, as well as the November update to its Azure developer services. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Content Delivery, Content Delivery Network, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-11-06
- News to know: Windows 7; Google Dashboard; Driving while texting; Steve Jobs; Droid
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic" Dana Blankenhorn: What the Google Privacy Dashboard can...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Google Inc., Web, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Dashboard, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing
- Blog posts 2009-11-06
- Billing system testing behind Microsoft's SQL Azure outage this week
- Testers of Microsoft's SQL Azure service experienced a three-plus hour unplanned outage this week -- just a couple of weeks before Microsoft is set to remove the beta tag from its Azure cloud service. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Billing, SQL, Billing System, Microsoft Corp., Outage, Manufacturing, Programming Languages, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- Microsoft adds more choices for developers targeting its Azure cloud
- Microsoft is getting its Azure ducks before it removes the beta tag from its cloud service in mid-November. On October 28, the company announced plans for more development tools aimed at programmers who want to use PHP, Java and the Eclipse IDE to create and modify Web applications for Azure....
- Tags: Developer, Microsoft Corp., Development Tools, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-10-29
- Microsoft partners to allow Eclipse interop on Win7, WinServer 2008 R2, Azure
- Microsoft has made another play at interoperability with a key open source software offering. At Eclipse Summit Europe on Wednesday, the Redmond, Wash. software giant announced that it is working on four open source projects with two open source companies -- Tasktop Technologies and Soyatec -- to...
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Eclipse, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-10-28
- News to know: Apple; Alex; Microhoo; Droid; FCC
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales Jason D. O'Grady: Apple announces most profitable...
- Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, E-books, Federal Government, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Government, Web Services, Enterprise Software
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Free Silverlight streaming service to be replaced by paid Azure-hosted service
- Microsoft is discontinuing its free Silverlight Streaming service and replacing it with a paid, Azure-hosted service by the end of calendar 2009. Microsoft is confirming the report I saw on LiveSide.Net from October 18. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Microsoft opens Chicago and Dublin datacenters; preps for more hosted offerings
- Just a week after celebrating the opening its "chiller-free" Dublin datacenter, Microsoft is turning on its $500 million, 700,000-square-foot Chicago one. Microsoft is gearing up to support more customers using its hosted services and its Azure cloud environment. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Data Center, Microsoft Corp., Chicago, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
- The 2010 Productivity Tool Bonanza - Microsoft, Google, Zoho & Open Standards
- On the eve of what looks to be a major Microsoft productivity products year in 2010 with the Windows 7 operating system, Exchange 2010, Office 2010, MOSS/SharePoint 2010 and Azure it's interesting to look at how the market for these products serve has changed. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Open Standard, Zoho, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-09-25
- Microsoft’s Project 2010
- The conference announcements so far... I just watched Microsoft executives demonstrate the upcoming Project 2010 product here in Phoenix at the Project Conference 2009. Here are my first blush comments/observations: 1) The product has matured significantly as a PPM solution....
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., PPM, Portfolio Management Function, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-09-16
- More Microsoft PDC 2009 sessions revealed
- On September 1, Microsoft published 31 more Professional Developers Conference PDC 2009 session descriptions. Not too surprisingly, given that Microsoft plans to remove the "beta" designation from its Azure hosting platform around the time of the show, there are lots more Azure developer sessions now on the PDC docket by...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Session, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- Microsoft HealthVault service sheds its beta tag
- Microsoft quietly removed the "beta" tag from its HealthVault heatlh records-management service on August 26. HealthVault is software plus a service that is hosted on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft HealthVault, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- News to know: Apple; FCC; Azure; Enterprise 2.0
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Apple: 'Continues to study' Google Voice apps; AT&T: We played no part TechCrunch: The Truth: What's Really...
- Tags: FCC, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Enterprise 2.0, Federal Government, Government, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-24
- Microsoft to cut Live Framework and Services from its Azure cloud platform
- Microsoft is rejiggering its Live Framework and Live Services platform, somehow making it part of the Windows Live Wave 4 set of consumer-focused Web services and removing it from the larger Azure Services platform, company officials revealed on August 21. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Platform, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Web Services, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-08-21
- VMware completes the PaaS to vCloud
- If you’ve been wondering why an infrastructure leader would acquire a developer framework, the answer is a bit more complex that what shows on the surface â€" and a lot more strategic. As stated in the press release and in the blogs by VMware CTO Steve Herrod and SpringSource CEO...
- Tags: Java, PaaS, VMware Inc., SpringSource, Microsoft Windows Azure, Virtualization, Hardware, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- News to know: Apple security; Windows 7 bug?; Cisco; HP
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Apple warns of Mac attack risk via image files About the Mac OS X v10.5.8 Update ...
- Tags: Security, Apple Macintosh, Hewlett-Packard Co., T-Mobile, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Camera, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, 3G, Operating Systems, Software, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- Tax concerns to push Microsoft Azure cloud hosting out of Washington state
- Microsoft is making preparations to move applications that developers are hosting on its Azure cloud infrastructure out of its Washington state datacenter, due to a change in the tax laws there. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Azure, Washington, Microsoft Corp., Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Data Centers, Financial Planning, Finance, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
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