Following on the heels of Google and Amazon, Microsoft will let users ship hard disks directly for import of large amounts of data into Azure
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Microsoft Brings Hadoop Big Data To Windows Azure
Microsoft makes Hadoop-based HDInsight generally available as part of big data push
IP Expo: Moving Workloads To Make The Most Of The Cloud
With multiple clouds to choose from, you need a way to move workloads between the different providers, says Ian Masters
IP Expo: Ian Masters, Vision Solutions On Migration From Amazon To Azure
Ian Masters, sales director for Northern Europe at Vision Solutions, explains why businesses need to consider partial migration to Microsoft's cloud platform
Microsoft Should Open Its Azure Cloud – Or Fail
Drastic measures are needed if Microsoft is to make an impact on Amazon's cloud control, says Peter Judge
Microsoft Chases Amazon With Big Cloud Offerings
Microsoft launches a US Government Cloud and upgrades Azure and the rest of the cloud family
Microsoft Starts Dynamics CRM Online 2013 Rollout
Microsoft's update to its cloud-based CRM offering has launched in the US after going live in Europe and Asia
Windows Azure Gains Federal Security Approval
Microsoft's Windows Azure has been granted the FedRAMP stamp of approval for US governmental use
The End Of The Phoney Cloud War
Amazon and the rest talk about competition. Peter Judge thinks it hasn't really started yet
Golden Age Of Computing, Says Bill Gates
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates reckons we are now living in a 'golden age of computer science'
Build 2013: Microsoft Updates Windows Azure Again
Microsoft continues to add new capabilities such as autoscaling to its Windows Azure cloud platform
Oracle And Microsoft Need Each Other To Take On Amazon
Oracle's database helps Azure cloud against Amazon, says Chris Preimesberger. But is it enough?
Microsoft Invests $700m In Massive Iowa Data Centre
A massive cloud computing facility under construction in West Des Moines, Iowa, has been revealed to be part of Microsoft's growing cloud services and applications portfolio
Microsoft Expected To Offer Oracle 12c On Azure Cloud
Steve Ballmer has an announcement with Oracle today: will Oracle 12c go on Microsoft's Azure?
Microsoft Expands Azure With ERP For SMBs
Microsoft continues to increase the products on Windows Azure after adding an ERP product to the platform
Microsoft Secures Azure With Multifactor Authentication
Redmond has added multifactor authentication to its Azure Cloud to make it a bit more hacker resistant
Microsoft Plugs Botnet Threat Intelligence Into Azure Cloud
Participating organisations will be able to help stop botnets causing carnage, Microsoft says
Microsoft Plugs Azure Cloud Data Centre Into Janet Network
Dublin facility peered with Janet, the university network
Microsoft Aims For Big Data With HDInsight
Microsoft has finally released the public preview of HDInsight Service, its cloud-based distribution of Hadoop
Microsoft Buys MetricsHub For Azure Cloud Monitoring
Azure customers now have a free cloud monitoring tool after Microsoft acquired MetricsHub
Businesses: Avoid Microsoft’s Azure Screen Of Death
No one seems to have been hurt by Microsoft's Windows Azure cock-up. Peter Judge thinks maybe that's because no one is using it
Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud Fails As SSL Certificate Expires
Microsoft will refund users for Azure Screen Of Death caused by expired SSL certificate
Microsoft Expands Windows Azure Store
The Windows Azure Store, announced at BUILD 2012 in the autumn, now has more add-ons and is available in more markets
Microsoft Fleshes Out Cloud OS Vision
Microsoft is offering a clearer insight into its Cloud OS vision after the release of new products and services
Microsoft Adds Azure Cloud Mobile Services
Microsoft has added online resources boosting Azure as a mobile app cloud backend, as it looks to draw developers
Microsoft Spurs Azure Development With Training Camps
Microsoft's 23 day-long training camps around the US trained developers how to use the Windows Azure application platform for creating cloud applications
Microsoft Delivers Store Preview And Touts Azure Backbone
Microsoft continues to woo developers after touting Azure Cloud OS as a back end for Windows 8 and Phone 8 apps
Microsoft Finally Brings Hadoop Big Data To Windows Azure
Redmond and Hortonworks are bringing big data to Windows users, with previews of Hadoop solutions for Windows Server and Windows Azure
Microsoft And Twitter Outages Hit In Day Of IT Doom
Microsoft and Twitter are hit, as RBS experiences more technical difficulties in a day of IT fails
LeWeb 2012 (Video): Microsoft Ready For Amazon Cloud Compute Battle
Dot Net Solutions co-founder Dan Scarfe says Microsoft is going to be the enterprise public cloud of choice ahead of Amazon