9 posts and columns on Azure

Will Apple Pump Cash Into Cloud Control?

in News on November 3, 2011 at 3:15 am PT

More than $7 billion in nonretail capital expenditures next year is a big spike; a significant share could be headed into iCloud.
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Seven Questions for Doug Hauger, Head of Microsoft's Azure Cloud Platform

in Enterprise on April 11, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

The man who runs Microsoft’s cloud explains how it’s different from other clouds out there, and how companies are using it not only to save on IT costs, but to do things they couldn’t do before.

Microsoft and Toyota Drive to the Cloud With Azure-based Electronics Systems for the Car

in Mobile on April 6, 2011 at 10:35 am PT

Redmond has struck a deal where the Japanese automaker will use the Windows Azure cloud-based operating system to power a new generation of in-car electronics. In a Webcast, the CEOs of both companies outlined the deal, and reflected on the impact of the recent earthquake in Japan.

Ripples in Microsoft's Cloud as Amitabh Srivastava Leaves

in Enterprise on February 9, 2011 at 10:51 am PT

One of the few to carry the title Distinguished Engineer, he’s credited with getting Windows development back on track, then creating its cloud computing platform.

Salesforce.com Launches Database.com, Your Database in the Sky

in Enterprise on December 7, 2010 at 8:45 am PT

Over the last decade Salesforce.com, the cloud-based customer relationship management service, has been known for exactly that: Some 87,000 companies use it to keep track of customers and sales leads, and numerous other companies have built applications that integrate within Salesforce. Even its stock ticker symbol is CRM. Now the company has its eye on a new market: Databases.

Meet Lew Tucker, Cisco's Mr. Cloud

in Enterprise on December 6, 2010 at 3:30 pm PT

Cisco Systems is serious about cloud computing. If today’s news about its strategic alliance with BMC Software doesn’t make that clear, talking with Lew Tucker, Cisco’s CTO for Cloud Computing certainly will.

Liveblogging Microsoft's Financial Analyst Meeting (Morning Session): It's a Beautiful Day?

in News on July 29, 2010 at 8:24 am PT

BoomTown took the corporate All Things Digital jet–aka Virgin America, seat 10A–up to Redmond, Wash., today to attend Microsoft’s annual Financial Analyst Meeting, which also includes a passel of media drones like me. I liveblogged the event all day, which was essentially a cavalcade of top execs from the software giant taking the stage and showing off their wares. Before it started, U2′s “Beautiful Day” was playing over the sound system, which it was not up here in the Pacific Northwest this morning–it was kind of cold and gloomy, a la “Twilight”–but hopefully sparkly for Microsoft execs.

Microsoft's Steve Ballmer's Entire Letter to Customers About Cloud Computing

in News on October 28, 2008 at 4:45 pm PT

With all the information Microsoft is releasing at its launchtastic Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles this week, CEO Steve Ballmer sent out a honking long letter to customers who have opted into the software giant’s “Executive Email” program (who knew?). Along with the Azure–at long last, a lovely and apt brand name from Microsoft–cloud services offering, the letter also outlines the inevitable and unavoidable path for the company, which has long struggled in getting its digital strategy right.