http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/2377/all xx http://www.itworld.com/windows/82643/microsoft-extends-windows-7-and-azure-open-source-developers Microsoft will unveil on Wednesday several open source initiatives to boost interoperability between Microsoft technologies, such as Windows 7, Windows Azure, and Silverlight, and open source technologies, including the Eclipse tools platform and Java. http://www.itworld.com/windows/82643/microsoft-extends-windows-7-and-azure-open-source-developers#comments Development Open Source Operating systems Software Windows News Eclipse java Microsoft Silverlight Windows 7 windows azure Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:48:06 -0400 ITworld staff 82643 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/development/67883/microsoft-demos-php-apps-kit-cloud Moving on plans to enable development of PHP applications for its Windows Azure cloud platform, Microsoft plans to demonstrate this week the PHP SDK for Windows Azure at TechEd India, a Microsoft representative said. http://www.itworld.com/development/67883/microsoft-demos-php-apps-kit-cloud#comments Development News cloud computing PHP windows azure Wed, 13 May 2009 20:18:30 -0400 ITworld staff 67883 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/saas/65916/windows-azure-microsoft-banks-programmer-loyalty Programmers have written uncountable desktop and client/server applications over the decades that have inextricably linked independent software developers and corporate IT shops to Microsoft. Now the company aims to do the same for cloud-based software by luring loyal programmers to its Windows Azure environment. http://www.itworld.com/saas/65916/windows-azure-microsoft-banks-programmer-loyalty#comments Development SaaS Feature cloud computing windows azure Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:53:35 -0400 ITworld staff 65916 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/saas/64965/microsoft-wont-let-companies-host-azure-premise Microsoft has no plans to let businesses license and host its Windows Azure cloud-computing infrastructure on their own premises. http://www.itworld.com/saas/64965/microsoft-wont-let-companies-host-azure-premise#comments SaaS News cloud computing windows azure Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:47:51 -0400 ITworld staff 64965 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/saas/64442/windows-azure-goes-down-early-adopters Microsoft's cloud-computing network crashes for almost 24 hours over the weekend. http://www.itworld.com/saas/64442/windows-azure-goes-down-early-adopters#comments SaaS News cloud computing windows azure Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:05:10 -0400 ITworld staff 64442 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/saas/63814/microsoft-enterprises-will-self-host-windows-azure-someday Future versions of Windows Server will enable companies to efficiently manage and provide virtualized applications through the Web just like Microsoft Corp.'s upcoming platform-as-a-service, Windows Azure, a company executive said this week. http://www.itworld.com/saas/63814/microsoft-enterprises-will-self-host-windows-azure-someday#comments SaaS News windows azure Windows Server Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:34:29 -0500 ITworld staff 63814 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/63178/ballmer-azure-ready-release-end-year Ballmer said Microsoft plans to release its Windows Azure cloud-computing platform before the end of the year. http://www.itworld.com/internet/63178/ballmer-azure-ready-release-end-year#comments Internet SaaS News cloud computing Microsoft windows azure Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:47:30 -0500 ITworld staff 63178 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/saas/60843/microsoft-refreshes-azure-cloud-tools Microsoft unveiled on Wednesday refreshed versions of its Windows Azure software development kit and Azure tools for Visual Studio, which support the planned Windows Azure cloud services platform. http://www.itworld.com/saas/60843/microsoft-refreshes-azure-cloud-tools#comments SaaS News cloud computing Microsoft Visual Studio windows azure Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:47:20 -0500 ITworld staff 60843 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/saas/59360/windows-azure-services-platform Given Azure's preview status, it's difficult to say anything meaningful about its competitive position. We don't yet know what it will cost, and it has no track record for reliability at this point. What we do know now is that it's a well-thought-out cloud computing architecture that should be easy to learn for existing ASP.Net developers. http://www.itworld.com/saas/59360/windows-azure-services-platform#comments SaaS Product review cloud computing Microsoft windows azure Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:09:37 -0500 ITworld staff 59360 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/saas/58908/microsoft-windows-azure-demystified Given the popularity of the .NET platform and Microsoft's vast financial resources, Azure, an application platform offered as a service, is a cloud force to be reckoned with. http://www.itworld.com/saas/58908/microsoft-windows-azure-demystified#comments SaaS Opinion cloud computing hosted services Microsoft windows azure Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:17:06 -0500 ITworld staff 58908 at http://www.itworld.com