The Windows Azure Marketplace has a hidden jewel: a host of free and nearly free databases ready for monetization.
SQL Azure has become a major pillar in Microsoft's cloud-based strategy.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 10/01/2011
Developers increasingly prefer cloud-based development tooling.
- By Michael Desmond
- 08/17/2011
When Scott Guthrie, former corporate vice president of the .NET Platform at Microsoft, left the Developer Division to head up a new Windows Azure business unit, I was more than concerned.
- By Michael Desmond
- 06/01/2011
Will emerging developer tools and hybrid Platform as a Service features ramp up project and data deployments to Windows Azure?
- By Roger Jennings
- 06/01/2011
Microsoft confirms that .NET Platform head Scott Guthrie is leaving to lead a new Azure group as part of a May reorg.
- By Michael Desmond
- 05/02/2011
The relational model and SQL dominate today's database landscape, but NoSQL is gaining adherents in the era of "big data." But Roger Jennings says SQL and NoSQL may not be as exclusive as many developers think.
- By Roger Jennings
- 05/01/2011
Dean Hachamovitch and Scott Guthrie headline Microsoft's 11th Web dev conference, emphasizing HTML5 interoperability and strong ties to open source solutions.
- By Michael Desmond
- 04/12/2011
As with any big shift in technology, a lot is at stake for developers. No one wants to make significant investments of money, attention and free time on something that will be a mere flash in the pan -- or even a stable, yet niche, technology.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 03/01/2011
Get ready to scale out SQL Azure databases beyond today's 50GB limit with the Transact-SQL and ADO.NET elastic sharding features, which are coming in the 2011 SQL Azure Federation Community Technology Previews.
- By Roger Jennings
- 03/01/2011
Microsoft today announced the appointment of Satya Nadella as president of the company's Server and Tools Business.
Cloud computing solutions vary considerably, yet claim superior privacy, security and scalability over on-premises deployments that also require the expense of an IT department to manage them.
- By Mark Michaelis
- 01/01/2011
Rackspace Hosting is looking to make cloud computing appealing to a broader set of customers that might not have the resources or acumen to manage systems and apps in the cloud.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/15/2010
BizTalk Server is a blockbuster product, but it's also a sleeper. Andrew Brust explains why BizTalk could be headed for big things in the cloud.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 12/01/2010
Novell last week announced it will be sold to Attachmate, a business software company based in Seattle, for $6.10 per share.
Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 SP1 to allow data centers to tap Windows Azure server resources in the cloud.
- By Michael Desmond
- 11/19/2010
CollabNet made a self-described "aggressive move" into cloud-based developer services recently by announcing it is acquiring Codesion, which hosts software version control services such as Subversion.
Microsoft kicked off its 2010 Professional Developers Conference (PDC) today by offering developers worldwide an update on its emerging cloud computing, Windows Phone and Internet Explorer 9 development platforms.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 10/28/2010
According to a Microsoft financial report released today, the first fiscal quarter of 2011, ending on Sept. 30, brought in 16.20 billion in revenue.
Ray Ozzie, renown for jumpstarting Microsoft's move to the Internet cloud, described a new vision for the company in a "post-PC world."