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Can there be a Microsoft without Bill Gates?

on January 31, 2014

Of course. The better question is whether the company will do better without its co-founder leading the board as a new CEO sets up shop.

Cloudmunch brings its unified devops tool to Windows Azure

on January 29, 2014

Amazon Web Services? Check. Cloud Foundry? Check. Windows Azure? Check on that now, too. Cloudmunch has added another target platform for its integrated devops suite.

Microsoft says (what else?) that its cloud biz is growing

on January 23, 2014

Company said seats of its SaaS-based Office 365 and Dynamics CRM along with WIndows Azure were up 100 percent year over year.

Google Cloud Platform is growing up with a channel program and everything

on January 14, 2014

When tech vendors want to signal they’re serious about business customers, they launch partner programs. And that’s what Google’s doing for its cloud.

Another bumpy day for Windows Azure

on November 21, 2013

Windows Azure storage suffered a disruption across regions which affected some Xbox Live and other services Thursday afternoon.

Microsoft keeps building its hybrid cloud with Windows Azure updates

on October 22, 2013

A set of updates to Windows Azure include new backup services, an SDK, and a preview Hyper-V recovery manager.

Nasuni adds a key storage option for AWS and Azure clouds

on October 22, 2013

The company’s virtual controllers can now run natively in Amazon EC2 and Windows Azure, and its on-prem hardware adds a flash option.

Amazon loosens up more on Reserved Instance use

on October 11, 2013

New from AWS: the ability to change the size of your EC2 Reserved Instances. That along with an earlier change that lets you move RIs between zones show Amazon getting more flexible.