

The Microsoft executive described Azure as a "vast homogeneous array of Windows Server hardware and virtualized Windows Server instances", where all servers are controlled by a new capability called Windows Azure AppFabric controller, which he likened to "an extension of Systems Center's management capabilities in the enterprise". Its North American duo are housed in Chicago and San Antonio, while facilities in Singapore and Hong Kong, and Dublin and Amsterdam, will be tapped for deployment in Asia and Europe, respectively. Starting January 2010, Azure will be supported across pairs of data centers that perform automatic geo-replication of storage, said Ozzie. 1, but actual billing is expected to commence from February, he noted, adding that the community technology preview (CTP) will continue until the end of the year. The service will switch to production for all customers from Jan.
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Kicking off the company's developer conference here, Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie in his keynote address expounded on the company's vision of "three screens and a cloud", where PCs, mobile phones and TVs are connected by Web services, and urged developers to explore building apps that run across the three platforms.įrom Tuesday, the company's Windows Azure cloud platform has been made formally available to a "handful of customers", including Automatic, the maker of blog engine WordPress Ozzie said. LOS ANGELES-Redmond is making strides in its cloud strategy, officially releasing Windows Azure and announcing new capabilities that better integrate the experience of on-premise and cloud environments, Microsoft's senior executives said Tuesday.


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