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In a significant move, Microsoft announced its software services strategy in
this years Professional Developers Conference. Ray Ozzie, chief software
architect at Microsoft, talked about the companys ability to bring new apps
meeting the challenges of the enterprise computing landscape. He attributed that
the companys core strength lies in bringing new applications. In his keynote
address Ozzie talked of concepts like cloud computing, virtualization and how
those are changing the face of enterprise computing. In a major development he
unveiled Windows Azure (a cloud-based operating system) officiallythe newest
platform from the companys stable.
Aimed at the developers, the Azure platform is a collection of offerings like
.Net, Dynamics CRM, SQL Server, SharePoint and Live Services. Ozzie described
Azure as a platform that integrates cloud-based developer capabilities with the
necessary ecosystems like storage, computational and networking infrastructure
service, all hosted on the servers operating system within the Microsoft global
data center network. The interesting thing about Azure is that it is
platform-based; hence this brings in a high degree of flexibility and agility to
developers in creating numerous solutions. Also, they can bank on various open
source development tools and technologies. On the new platform, developers can
take advantage of key components of Azure like Live Services for users to store,
share and synchronize documents like pictures, files and information across
their PCs, phones, PC based applications and web sites.
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| Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie promises an
Azure future for cloud camputing |
According to Ozzie, The Azure launch is a turning point for the Microsoft
developer community. It is game changing set of technologies that will bring in
new opportunities to both business and Web developers. The Azure Service
Platform promises to transforms the way businesses operate and how consumers
access their information and access the Web.
Azure Demystified
According to company sources the Azure Services Platform is an
Internet-scale cloud services platform hosted in Microsoft data centers, which
provides an operating system and a set of developer services that can be used
individually or together.
Azure is touted as a platform that will reduce the need for up-front
technology purchases, and enable developers to quickly and easily create
applications.
Windows 7
While riding on the innovative GUI features in Vista, Windows 7 promises to
offer richer user experience, convergence, synchronization and security
features. Ray Ozzie, while announcing the pre-beta release of Windows 7 said,
We are bringing the best of the Web to Windows. From PC to the Web to the phone
and from the server to the cloud, we are focused on enabling the creation of the
next generation of user experiences that change the way we live, work and play.
Shrikanth G
shrikanthg@cybermedia.co.in Page(s) 1
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