Microsoft is making available to testers a beta of Windows Azure Drive (formerly known as XDrive), which will allow them to create automatic backups of Windows applications that they may want to move ...

Windows Azure, Microsoft’s public cloud computing platform, became generally available in 21 countries on Monday, Microsoft bloggers said. SQL Azure, offering cloud-based relational database ...

Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud services switched into commercial mode as of Monday, following a month of free usage designed to allow customers to get a feel for the pay-as-you-go offering. The Azure ...

The Windows Azure platform, Microsoft’s competitor in the cloud computing arena, achieved general availability in 21 countries starting on Feb. 1. As part of that rollout, Microsoft will begin ...

Well, for 21 countries at least. That's right, Microsoft is making Windows Azure and SQL Azure available in 21 countries under the full support of customer and partner SLAs. Microsoft's cloud ...

When it comes to building applications on the public cloud, you’re spoiled for storage. You’ve got SQL, NoSQL, graph databases, document databases, and even good old-fashioned file systems. Choosing ...

One of the most fundamental benefits of cloud computing is the ability to create an off-premise storage capacity that is accessible to an entire enterprise at any time from anywhere. Whether your ...

Storage is key to cloud operations, but offerings differ between the main players in the market. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and IBM Softlayer all bring similar ...