MICROSOFT AZURE IS THE NEW COLOR OF CLOUD!
The recent latest launch of Windows Azure by Microsoft initiated the start of a new chapter in cloud based services. Windows Azure would operate as the hub of the cloud services tactic of Microsoft. It provides a flexible environment for developers to create cloud services and applications. With Windows Azure, you can shorten your time to market and adapt as demand for your service grows.
Described as the operating system of Cloud services, Azure would act as “development, service hosting and service management environment for the Windows Azure platform.” As an open platform, Azure supports non-Microsoft and Microsoft languages. So developers can create applications using Microsoft Visual Studio as well as PHP, XML, REST, SOAP.
Azure Benefits
As per Microsoft, some of the key advantages of using Azure are
- Minimize costs of building and stretching on-premises resources
- Minimize the costs and efforts of IT management
- Fast Response to changes in your business & customer needs
- Need-based consumption of computing resources
- Choice of on-premises or off-premises deployment model that best suits your needs.
- Steady development and management experience across on-premises and the cloud.
The Azure service would be free for evaluation purposes through January 2010. It would retailed to users worldwide from February 1st, 2010.
