Microsoft's Windows Azure is gaining momentum as the cloud platform of choice for developers who applaud its agility, economies of scale, simplicity, focus and world-class enterprise service.
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Wherever they run, applications are built on some kind of platform. For on-premises applications, this platform usually includes an operating system, some way to store data and perhaps more. Applications running in the cloud need a similar foundation. Microsoft's Windows Azure provides this.
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While there are some clear opportunities to take advantage of specific offerings, the most profound impact of cloud computing comes about as a result of the choice and flexibility it introduces, and the service-centric approach to IT delivery it encourages. Read this paper to get an understanding of how it can help your business.
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Why should an independent software vendor (ISV) care about cloud computing? The answer is simple: Using the cloud has the potential to increase an ISV's revenues and/or decrease its costs. Running code and storing data on computers in large Internet-accessible data centers owned and operated by another organization can offer compelling advantages.
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This document describes the array of security controls implemented within Windows Azure, so customers can evaluate if these capabilities and controls are suitable for their unique requirements.
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This overview paper introduces the Services Bus and Access Control for the Windows Azure platform AppFabric and how they fit together.
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This whitepaper provides an overview of the SQL Azure Database. It lays out the advantages for using a cloud-based relational database service, and also describes practical usage scenarios that help you understand how SQL Azure Database can be used to optimize business solutions.
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Cloud-based database solutions such as SQL Azure can provide many benefits, including rapid provisioning, cost-effective scalability, high availability, and reduced management overhead. This document provides guidelines on how to sign up for SQL Azure and how to get started creating SQL Azure servers and databases.
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Cloud-based database solutions such as SQL Azure can provide many benefits, including rapid provisioning, cost-effective scalability, high availability, and reduced management overhead. This paper provides an architectural overview of SQL Azure Database, and describes how you can use SQL Azure to augment your existing on-premises data infrastructure or as your complete database solution.
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This whitepaper presents an overview of the Windows Azure and SQL Azure storage offerings, including a description of the different data types, available storage mechanisms, and a review of the different considerations between on-premises data and cloud-based data.
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With Windows Azure Drive, your Windows Azure applications running in the cloud can use existing NTFS APIs to access a durable drive. This can significantly ease the migration of existing Windows applications to the cloud.
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SQL Azure Database is a cloud database service from Microsoft. SQL Azure provides Web-facing database functionality as a utility service. This document provides an overview of security guidelines for customers who connect to SQL Azure Database, and who build secure applications on SQL Azure.
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Alinean is the leading provider of business value sales and marketing tools, helping B2B vendors assess prospect needs and opportunities; then helping them to quantify and calculate the financial (ROI) value of proposed solutions to the individual customer. Alinean projects almost 60% savings with Windows Azure and an estimated 160% ROI compared to current SaaS infrastructure.
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Four groups at Microsoft--from consumer and business product groups to groups that drive internal initiatives--are taking advantage of the Windows Azure platform for their own applications and services. What they found was a solution that not only provides the ability to scale up and down as demand dictates, but also a platform that enables them to use their existing skills, focus on competitive differentiators, and respond faster to customer business needs.
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Keep up to date with the latest Windows Azure and cloud computing news from the Windows Azure Team blog.
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