Microsoft Unveils Windows Azure Cloud OS

27 Oct 2008 @ 10:55 PM

Microsoft Unveils Windows Azure Cloud OS

Microsoft Unveils Windows Azure Cloud OSMicrosoft on Monday unveiled Azure, a software and services platform that’s a key part of a strategy that sees the company lessening its emphasis on desktop software and shifting more resources to Web-based offerings that can match Google’s growing portfolio of online products.

At its heart, Azure is designed to allow developers to create so-called cloud-based computing architectures that run off of centralized servers that are operated and maintained by Microsoft.