PDC 2008 FAQ: What is Windows Azure and why should you care?
The big news for day 1 at PDC 2008 was the introduction Windows Azure, Microsoft’s operating system for the cloud, and its associated Azure Services Platform. Microsoft also outlined its future plans for its own online services. We’ve put together a quick FAQ to help you digest the news… betanews.com – 27.10.2008 Windows Azure SDK (January 2009 CTP)The Azure Services Platform is designed to help developers quickly and easily create, deploy, manage, and distribute web services and applications on the Internet. Windows Azure is an operating system for the cloud that serves as the development, run-time, and control environment for the Azure Services Platform. Windows Azure provides developers on-demand compute & storage to host, scale, and manage web applications on the internet through Microsoft data centers. Windows Azure is elastic, flexible, and interoperable. With Windows Azure developers can achieve high levels of service availability and application interoperability while maintai
