Microsoft's ambitious Windows Azure cloud is many things -- it's a full-fledged PaaS for developers. But beneath that, it is also a huge pool of foundational storage infrastructure for rent. And in that arena, it could be the only real competitor to Amazon.…
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More cloud computing M&A ahead
The wave of M&A activity swelling the cloud services sector won't stop with in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) arena. Internap's $30 million purchase of Voxel, announced early this week, signals a land rush for cloud services, with many smaller, capable cloud providers now in play.…
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