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The result: You get maximized availability and reliability with almost limitless on-demand scalability, while you pay only for resources consumed. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/02/01/Retire-Your-Data-Center.aspx Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/02/01/Retire-Your-Data-Center.aspx In this special interview, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Robert Wahbe discusses the Azure Services Platform and Software plus Services applications with 1105 Media's Jeffrey Schwartz and Michael Desmond. http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/01/01/Connect-to-the-Cloud.aspx Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://visualstudiomagazine.com/Articles/2009/01/01/Connect-to-the-Cloud.aspx Microsoft's Model-View-Controller framework makes it possible to implement "a separation of concerns" in ASP.NET -- something that was difficult, if not impossible, previously. 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