http://www.silicon.com Results for azure en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39668393,00.htm Note the blue Windows Azure signage on the container. Azure is Microsoft's operating system for cloud computing, a style of computing in which servers host the bulk of the data and applications that users access from their local PCs, smartphones... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:18:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39655945,00.htm Microsoft's cloud-based computing platform Azure has been given an official launch date. Azure will be made commercially available from 1 January, Microsoft's chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, announced yesterday at the company's Professional... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:55:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60812750p,00.htm The paper will also look into a case study from Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud System and identify the techniques that they have adopted in the area of SLA control. This paper studies the SLA process, with focus on the Cloud computing as the basis... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60721447p,00.htm One option for an ISV looking to benefit from the cloud is to exploit Windows Azure. Designed to support highly scalable and reliable applications, Windows Azure is Microsoft's flagship cloud platform technology. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60721446p,00.htm Using computers in the cloud can make lots of sense. Rather than buying and maintaining own machines, why not exploit the acres of Internet-accessible servers on offer today? For some applications, their code and data might both live in the cloud... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60721452p,00.htm Microsoft .NET Services are a set of highly scalable developer-oriented services running in Microsoft data centers as part of the Azure Services Platform. The goal of this whitepaper is to show developers how to use a claims-based identity model... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/webservices/0,39024657,39503047,00.htm Microsoft Azure (and .NET Services), which is kind of a hybrid approach somewhere between Amazon EC2 (cloud system infrastructure) and Google App Engine (APaaS), will hit general availability sometime soon. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39492177,00.htm In a move to capture a piece of the cloud computing pie, Microsoft announced its upcoming Azure Services Platform back in October last year. Today it unleashed a free trial of SQL Azure Database, the software giant's cloud-based relational database. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:21:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39465600,00.htm Microsoft probably had an easier time choosing PayPal for its payment service than some of the alternatives: Amazon Flexible Payment Services and Google Checkout both come from companies in direct competition with Microsoft's Azure cloud-computing... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:33:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60602751p,00.htm Azure, Microsoft's cloud-computing platform, is still a mystery to many Microsoft developers, customers, partners (and even competitors). The final version of Azure is going to launch this fall -- with pricing, SLA terms and other details coming... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39451710,00.htm As more details of Microsoft's cloud computing Azure Services Platform (ASP) emerged yesterday, low-cost airline easyJet has revealed it's planning to trial the tech. ASP will be launched commercially in the fourth quarter of this year and includes... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:49:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39452159,00.htm One of the limiting factors for Windows Azure - Microsoft's operating system for the cloud - is that it only runs in Microsoft's datacentres. Server and Tools boss Bob Muglia said in an interview on Tuesday that Windows Server will start to take on... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:52:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39451680,00.htm Microsoft has revealed more details, including pricing, around one of its most significant forays into cloud computing, the Azure Services Platform (ASP). ASP - a set of online developer services that includes the Windows Azure processing and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:31:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39449785,00.htm One of the company's most intriguing new products in this area is cloud-based computing platform Windows Azure, which was announced in October 2008. David Mitchell, analyst with Ovum, says Windows Azure represents a clear break from the Gates days. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:22:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39447837,00.htm Both the new sites are intended to support Microsoft's online services, including its Azure hosted services and the recently introduced Bing search engine. Microsoft on Wednesday launched a new datacentre in Dublin, describing it as the largest it... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:15:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39445479,00.htm It's also one of the first commercial services to launch running on Windows Azure, the cloud-based operating system that Microsoft introduced last year. Microsoft's move into the energy monitoring business may sound like a stretch, but to Craig... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:28:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39442834,00.htm IBM's focus on development mirrors moves by Microsoft with Azure and Google with App Engine. IBM is ramping up its cloud computing activities with a push into services to help businesses develop and test their own clouds. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:50:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39442358,00.htm Microsoft plans to announce next month more of the business details behind its Windows Azure operating system. The company has said it will run Azure applications in its datacentres and will charge users based on the computing resources they need. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:38:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/webservices/0,39024657,39432472,00.htm Azure: is that blue or purple? Dynamics, however, will also figure in Azure Services Platform. So what else is Microsoft doing with this Azure cloud computing malarkey? Windows Azure is actually one part of a wider set of technologies called the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:39:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60593808p,00.htm Windows Azure is a cloud services operating system that serves as the development, service hosting, and service management environment for the Azure Services Platform. The presenter of this webcast covers the data storage options provided by... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 28 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000