“MICROSOFT has started releasing software connected to the shy and retiring CEO Steve Ballmer’s vision of cloud computing.Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie unveiled Azure at a Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles and gave the software specialists advanced access to what he describes as “Windows in The Cloud”.”
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Most would just excuse themselves
Microsoft is jumping into cloud computing with Azure, as announced by their Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie at a Professional Developers Conference. Called Project Red Dog in development and now renamed to something that might smell a little sweeter, this will be Microsoft’s attempt to draw people into a hosted application environment and will attempt to take on Amazon’s similar product. You can read all the market-speak about it by following the link at The Inquirer.
