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NewsMicrosoft Looks for Blue Skies Ahead with its Azure Cloud Computing Platform

Windows Azure is Microsoft's entree into Cloud Computing

It was called "Project Red Dog" during development, but this week Microsoft revealed its favorite color for its cloud computing development platform is actually blue - Azure, in fact.

Windows Azure Services Platform was introduced at this week's PDC, and includes the following key components, according to eWeek:

  • Windows Azure (service hosting, management, low-level scalable storage, computation and networking)
  • Microsoft SQL Services (databases and reporting)
  • Microsoft .NET Services (.NET Framework workflow, access control, and so forth)
  • Live Services (file and media synchronization between PCs, phones, apps and website)
  • Microsoft SharePoint Services and CRN Services (business content, collaboration, and rapid solution development)

To learn more about the Azure platform, and what it might mean for the future of Microsoft, join us after the break.

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