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Cloud Computing (and Azure) - Right for your site?

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:16:02 GMT

A quick overview of cloud computing options and benefits from a web hosting standpoint.

Windows Azure is born

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:46:12 GMT

Ray Ozzie announces the new new for the new Windows-in-the-cloud.

Amazon EC2 running Windows & SQL Server now in BETA

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:23:09 GMT

Amazon releases the public beta of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft SQL Server, providing an environment for deploying applications using the Microsoft Web Platform, including ASP.NET, ASP.NET AJAX, Silverlight, and IIS. The Amazon EC2 environment can be managed using web service APIs, including using a C# library that wraps the APIs. Pricing for Amazon EC2 running Windows Server begins at $0.125 per compute hour.

Microsoft Strata on Windows Weekly ep. 78

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:43:06 GMT

Windows Strata: Microsoft's cloud computing platform gets a name. It's Mesh?

Will Cloud Computing Rain on Microsoft?

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:53:12 GMT

Virtualization and cloud computing are both disruptions that threaten core Microsoft strengths. Could Hyper-V be a mere attempt to cannibalize virtualization as a way to slow its progress?

Cloud Computing and Security

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:50:58 GMT

What impact will cloud computing have on IT operations and security? The author suggests that it will take a high profile cloud breach event to get the network security industry back on track,