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Azure evangelist tackles cloud doubts
Insight newsmaker Microsoft's Mark Taylor talks about issues ranging from risk and resilience to private clouds and interoperability.
Tags: Business applications, Cloud computing, Service level management, Cloud, Akamai Technologies Inc., Database, Azure, SLA, Community Technology Preview, Cloud computing
Microsoft steps up cloud momentum
News At developer conference, Redmond announces production availability of Windows Azure and unveils new services running on its cloud platform.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Ray Ozzie, Muglia, Windows Identity Foundation, Microsoft Corp., network, Conference, Developer
Developers wary of cloud lock-in
News Software developers want a standards-based cloud, and for platforms to provide tools that will allow them to deploy apps to the cloud quickly.
Tags: Security, Google Inc., Open Source, Tool, Abiquo, Azure, Developer, Sun Microsystems Inc., Environment, PaaS
Microsoft rolls out SQL Azure Database preview
News Database component of Microsoft's cloud platform is now available as a free trial until the service goes fully live in November.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Windows, Cloud computing, Microsoft SQL Server, RDBMS, Database, SQL, Web Application, Community Technology Preview, Cloud computing
Red Hat warns of cloud 'lock-in'
News Vendors such as Microsoft are attempting to take customers 'back to the '80s' by locking them into proprietary cloud services, according to open source vendor Red Hat.
Tags: Cloud computing, Open source, Red Hat Inc., Sister Site, SDK, VMware Inc., Cloud computing, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, PHP
Microsoft pulling Live Framework test bits
News Introduced at last fall's developer conference, Live Framework, which is essentially the developer side of Live Mesh, is being folded into Windows Live.
Tags: Business applications, Conference, Microsoft Windows Live, Web-based Application, Developer, Community Technology Preview, Microsoft Windows, blog, desktop, blog posting
Shuttleworth: Amazon will win cloud battle
News EC2 is the only strong contender to eventually emerge as the leading cloud platform because it has open-source implementations, according to the Canonical chief.
Tags: Cloud computing, Web 2.0, Open Source, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Web 2.0, Amazon EC2, British Telecommunications, Savvis Communications
Red Hat hypervisor tools to run on Windows only
News Open source company's desktop and server hypervisor management tools will initially be available only for Microsoft Windows-based systems.
Tags: Cloud computing, Open source, Red Hat Inc., host machine, Tool, Hypervisor, Cloud computing, Microsoft Windows, desktop, Open source
Microsoft: Asia faster to embrace hosted services
News More companies in region expected to take up Microsoft's hosted messaging and collaboration products than those in United States, says company exec.
Tags: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Mobile applications, Asia, business productivity, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, ISV, revenue, U.S.
Cloud usage bills may turn some off
News Bandwidth fees from heavily moving data to and from cloud may discourage companies to adopt, but some analysts say clouds bring additional value.
Tags: Cloud computing, Bandwidth, Cloud, CRM, International Data Corp., Cloud computing, e-mail, Bandwidth, data management, software-as-a-service
Microsoft's server boss: No Azure in a box
News The company's Microsoft's Bob Muglia talks about why the Windows Server operating system won't just become a packaged version of Azure.
Tags: Cloud computing, Operating systems, Cloud computing, Environment, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Hardware, volume-license, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows
Amazon's in-cloud database gets MySQL option
News Net retailer's cloud-computing effort is getting more sophisticated with the arrival of a database service with which more people will be familiar.
Tags: Databases, Web services, Database, Google Inc., Information Technology, Amazon.com Inc., Web Service, Cloud Computing, Amazon Web Services, Server
Windows 8: The 'dying gasps' of desktop OS or next big thing?
News Even before Windows 7 is in shops, the Windows 8 speculation has begun. Newer version could be an improved OS with gesture recognition or offer a more unified experience, say analysts.
Tags: Windows 7, Steve Ballmer, Operating System, Virtualization, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7, Quocirca, Microsoft Windows 7, voice recognition, Desktop OS
Microsoft releases preview for next SQL Server
News Preview of the next version of Microsoft's database product, SQL Server 2008 R2, has been delivered to developers and will soon be made generally available.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft SQL Server, Database, Community Technology Preview, Environment, Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, business intelligence, blog
Microsoft promises Windows Azure savings
News Software maker isn't saying how much its Windows-in-the-cloud service will cost, but it says there is room for it to make money and for customers to save versus running things in-house.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Software, Microsoft Corp., Conference, Cloud Computing, investor relations, limited testing, Server, Microsoft Windows, talent
