Comments on: Everything You Need to Know About Microsoft Azure http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/microsoft-azure/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:00:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: What the Cisco/EMC/VMware Trinity Means For Cloud Computing – GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/microsoft-azure/#comment-985379 What the Cisco/EMC/VMware Trinity Means For Cloud Computing – GigaOM Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:10:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58815#comment-985379 <p>[...] on hardware providers building gear for the clouds and a potential threat to cloud providers like Microsoft Azure and Amazon’s cloud services that aren’t building VMware [...]</p> [...] on hardware providers building gear for the clouds and a potential threat to cloud providers like Microsoft Azure and Amazon’s cloud services that aren’t building VMware [...]

]]> By: Microsoft Azure Walks a Thin Blue Line http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/microsoft-azure/#comment-985328 Microsoft Azure Walks a Thin Blue Line Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:01:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58815#comment-985328 <p>[...] | Thursday, November 19, 2009 | 5:00 PM PT | 0 comments | 0 tweets retweet » With Azure, Microsoft is trying to strike a balance between giving customers the ease of a platform as a [...]</p> [...] | Thursday, November 19, 2009 | 5:00 PM PT | 0 comments | 0 tweets retweet » With Azure, Microsoft is trying to strike a balance between giving customers the ease of a platform as a [...]

]]> By: Microsoft’s Future Lies in Software and Data http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/microsoft-azure/#comment-984902 Microsoft’s Future Lies in Software and Data Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:13:27 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58815#comment-984902 <p>[...] be Microsoft’s Azure cloud, which will go into production Jan. 1, 2010. For more on Azure, check out our previous coverage. With Pinpoint, Microsoft is acknowledging the success of the Android Marketplace and Apple’s [...]</p> [...] be Microsoft’s Azure cloud, which will go into production Jan. 1, 2010. For more on Azure, check out our previous coverage. With Pinpoint, Microsoft is acknowledging the success of the Android Marketplace and Apple’s [...]

]]> By: Amazon’s Virtual Private Cloud – Will it be Private enough? « Life, the Universe and Everything http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/microsoft-azure/#comment-983966 Amazon’s Virtual Private Cloud – Will it be Private enough? « Life, the Universe and Everything Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:42:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58815#comment-983966 <p>[...] find the right mix of scale and security for enterprise clients: With Azure, Microsoft is building its own platform and infrastructure-as-a-service offering called Azure; IBM is creating several gradations of a hybrid cloud, from private [...]</p> [...] find the right mix of scale and security for enterprise clients: With Azure, Microsoft is building its own platform and infrastructure-as-a-service offering called Azure; IBM is creating several gradations of a hybrid cloud, from private [...]

]]> By: Surfevil.com » Blog Archive » Amazon Woos Corporates: Cuts EC2 Price, Offers Relational Database as a Service, New High Memory Instances http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/microsoft-azure/#comment-980702 Surfevil.com » Blog Archive » Amazon Woos Corporates: Cuts EC2 Price, Offers Relational Database as a Service, New High Memory Instances Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:42:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58815#comment-980702 <p>[...] with specialized needs, and may be an answer to Microsoft’s upcoming Azure platform, which features its own relational database as a service.  The push for high-memory instances can open up Amazon to further business from genomics and drug [...]</p> [...] with specialized needs, and may be an answer to Microsoft’s upcoming Azure platform, which features its own relational database as a service.  The push for high-memory instances can open up Amazon to further business from genomics and drug [...]

]]> By: Amazon Cuts EC2 Price, Offers Relational Database as a Service http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/microsoft-azure/#comment-980673 Amazon Cuts EC2 Price, Offers Relational Database as a Service Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:26:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58815#comment-980673 <p>[...] with specialized needs, and may be an answer to Microsoft’s upcoming Azure platform, which features its own relational database as a service.  The push for high-memory instances can open up Amazon to further business from genomics and drug [...]</p> [...] with specialized needs, and may be an answer to Microsoft’s upcoming Azure platform, which features its own relational database as a service.  The push for high-memory instances can open up Amazon to further business from genomics and drug [...]

]]> By: Will Amazon’s Virtual Private Cloud Be Private Enough? http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/microsoft-azure/#comment-969965 Will Amazon’s Virtual Private Cloud Be Private Enough? Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:55:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58815#comment-969965 <p>[...] are trying to find the right mix of scale and security for enterprise clients. Microsoft is building its own platform and infrastructure-as-a-service offering called Azure; IBM is creating several gradations of a private cloud from something [...]</p> [...] are trying to find the right mix of scale and security for enterprise clients. Microsoft is building its own platform and infrastructure-as-a-service offering called Azure; IBM is creating several gradations of a private cloud from something [...]

]]> By: links for 2009-07-17 « Dan Creswell’s Linkblog http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/microsoft-azure/#comment-960555 links for 2009-07-17 « Dan Creswell’s Linkblog Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:06:06 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58815#comment-960555 <p>[...] Everything You Need to Know About Microsoft Azure Microsoft today unveiled pricing details for its Azure services platform — possibly because customers were reluctant to build an application on the beta platform without knowing what it may one day cost them. The platform is Microsoft’s leap into the clouds, and it’s an impressive first step, at least on paper, complete with competitive pricing and lots of concessions designed to get enterprise customers to shift over their IT operations. (tags: cloudcomputing microsoft azure) [...]</p> [...] Everything You Need to Know About Microsoft Azure Microsoft today unveiled pricing details for its Azure services platform — possibly because customers were reluctant to build an application on the beta platform without knowing what it may one day cost them. The platform is Microsoft’s leap into the clouds, and it’s an impressive first step, at least on paper, complete with competitive pricing and lots of concessions designed to get enterprise customers to shift over their IT operations. (tags: cloudcomputing microsoft azure) [...]

]]> By: Roger Jennings http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/microsoft-azure/#comment-960362 Roger Jennings Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:07:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58815#comment-960362 <p>Google App Engine appears to me to be far less costly than Azure, especially for development, because of its free quota threshold. For more details, see A Comparison of Azure and Google App Engine Pricing (http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/comparison-of-azure-and-google-app.html).</p> <p>--rj</p> Google App Engine appears to me to be far less costly than Azure, especially for development, because of its free quota threshold. For more details, see A Comparison of Azure and Google App Engine Pricing (http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/comparison-of-azure-and-google-app.html).

–rj

]]> By: Microsoft’s and Amazon’s Cloud Strategies Face Open Source Challenges | google android os blog http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/microsoft-azure/#comment-960200 Microsoft’s and Amazon’s Cloud Strategies Face Open Source Challenges | google android os blog Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:33:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58815#comment-960200 <p>[...] has announced pricing for the components of its Azure cloud computing platform, as GigaOm reports, and you can watch a video about Azure here. As expected, consumption-based computing costs are [...]</p> [...] has announced pricing for the components of its Azure cloud computing platform, as GigaOm reports, and you can watch a video about Azure here. As expected, consumption-based computing costs are [...]

]]> By: Stacey Higginbotham http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/microsoft-azure/#comment-960087 Stacey Higginbotham Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:19:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58815#comment-960087 <p>Booris, you're right. They will just have to run harder to stay in the same place.</p> Booris, you’re right. They will just have to run harder to stay in the same place.

]]> By: Stan Donaldson http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/microsoft-azure/#comment-960062 Stan Donaldson Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:26:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58815#comment-960062 <p>Microsoft's claim here of openness with other programming languages is their standard operating procedure of "embrace and extend". You can Google that phrase if you are not familiar with it. If you really think Microsoft is going to support other programming languages to anywhere near the same degree as their own in Azure, you are very new to the game or just not paying attention. That said, if you like Microsoft's tools, languages, database, etc., Azure could be good, just don't expect it to be open or even interoperate well with any other vendors tools, languages, databases, etc. Also, it appears you are stuck with Microsoft's infrastructure, server, etc. and changing infrastructure would probably be a nightmare. You can't really blame Microsoft for this. They are out to make money, not friends. Only companies which do not have so much legacy/competing technology, conflicts of interests, etc. will provide a truly open system. This is why the emerging Open Platform as a Service, http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2571674.htm is emerging.</p> Microsoft’s claim here of openness with other programming languages is their standard operating procedure of “embrace and extend”. You can Google that phrase if you are not familiar with it. If you really think Microsoft is going to support other programming languages to anywhere near the same degree as their own in Azure, you are very new to the game or just not paying attention. That said, if you like Microsoft’s tools, languages, database, etc., Azure could be good, just don’t expect it to be open or even interoperate well with any other vendors tools, languages, databases, etc. Also, it appears you are stuck with Microsoft’s infrastructure, server, etc. and changing infrastructure would probably be a nightmare. You can’t really blame Microsoft for this. They are out to make money, not friends. Only companies which do not have so much legacy/competing technology, conflicts of interests, etc. will provide a truly open system. This is why the emerging Open Platform as a Service, http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2571674.htm is emerging.

]]> By: Ashith Raj http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/microsoft-azure/#comment-960059 Ashith Raj Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:17:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58815#comment-960059 <p>Microsoft with Azure got a very good story around developing Azure Applications. They might strike the chord with Enterprises and Startups with Private Cloud and PaaS Offerings. @ #WPC09 the Azure Pricing and SLAs seems enticing Partners and Community (.NET and PHP).</p> <p>Microsoft with Azure might Ride the Cloud Wave...</p> Microsoft with Azure got a very good story around developing Azure Applications. They might strike the chord with Enterprises and Startups with Private Cloud and PaaS Offerings. @ #WPC09 the Azure Pricing and SLAs seems enticing Partners and Community (.NET and PHP).

Microsoft with Azure might Ride the Cloud Wave…

]]> By: A Stick Figure Explains Microsoft Azure, and Other Cloud Video Gems | Tech Newz http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/microsoft-azure/#comment-960045 A Stick Figure Explains Microsoft Azure, and Other Cloud Video Gems | Tech Newz Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:18:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58815#comment-960045 <p>[...] Other Cloud Video Gems July 16th, 2009 | Tags: Yesterday I wrote almost 1,000 words on Microsoft’s Azure platform, but I think this video does a good job explaining the basics without all that pesky reading. Steve [...]</p> [...] Other Cloud Video Gems July 16th, 2009 | Tags: Yesterday I wrote almost 1,000 words on Microsoft’s Azure platform, but I think this video does a good job explaining the basics without all that pesky reading. Steve [...]

]]> By: A Stick Figure Explains Microsoft Azure, and Other Cloud Video Gems http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/microsoft-azure/#comment-960030 A Stick Figure Explains Microsoft Azure, and Other Cloud Video Gems Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:49:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58815#comment-960030 <p>[...] | Wednesday, July 15, 2009 | 7:48 AM PT | 0 comments Yesterday I wrote almost 1,000 words on Microsoft’s Azure platform, but I think this video does a good job explaining the basics without all that pesky reading. Steve [...]</p> [...] | Wednesday, July 15, 2009 | 7:48 AM PT | 0 comments Yesterday I wrote almost 1,000 words on Microsoft’s Azure platform, but I think this video does a good job explaining the basics without all that pesky reading. Steve [...]

]]> By: Microsoft’s Azure Platform « Systems Engineering and RDBMS http://gigaom.com/2009/07/14/microsoft-azure/#comment-960006 Microsoft’s Azure Platform « Systems Engineering and RDBMS Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:16:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=58815#comment-960006 <p>[...] on July 15, 2009 Read a very nice post at GigaOm on the MSFT Azure services platform – here.  Cloud computing is becoming more and more real by each passing day … exciting times are [...]</p> [...] on July 15, 2009 Read a very nice post at GigaOm on the MSFT Azure services platform – here.  Cloud computing is becoming more and more real by each passing day … exciting times are [...]

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