The road to Office 365

Mary-Jo Foley has written a nice series of articles on her blog:

• The road to Microsoft Office 365: The past
• The road to Office 365: The present
• The road to Office 365: The future

In the series she traces back the origin of Office 365 (BPOS) into what it is today...

Windows Azure gets a facelift: cool all-Silverlight Windows Azure Control Panel

You can find it at:  https://windows.azure.com/

All-in-one easy to use Windows Azure Control Panel.  Entirely made of Silverlight, it’s like using a Windows Application.

The new design is also much more ergonomic, making it very easy to find features, as opposed to the old version, which was all...

Gartner on Windows Azure AppFabric: A Strategic Core of Microsoft's Cloud Platform

Yesterday, I talked about Forrester report around SQL Azure.  Today, I’m gona talk about a Gartner Report on Windows Azure AppFabric.  The report can be read on:

http://www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/microsoft_mapp/vol2/article14/article14.html

Basically, the key elements:

• They acknowledge the fact that cloud computing is a strategic investment for Microsoft, comparing it...

SQL Azure & ACID Transactions: back to 2001

I meant to write about this since I read about it a little back in July, today is the day.

You know I love Microsoft SQL Azure.

The technology impressed me when it was released.  Until then Azure contained only Azure storage.  Azure Storage is a...

Forrester: SQL Azure Raises The Bar On Cloud Databases

November 2nd 2010, Forester Research published a report around Microsoft SQL Azure.  The report can be found on Microsoft web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/itanalyst/docs/11-02-10SQLAzure.PDF

Basically, they interviewed 26 companies using the technology and concluded that:

• SQL Azure is reliable
• It delivers for small to medium scenarios
...