Review: Windows Azure shoots the moon

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	Review: Windows Azure shoots the moon Microsoft is actively trying to build a system that lets developers easily produce a working website using the tools of their choice. Azure is not just delivering commodity Microsoft machines and leaving the rest up to you. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T Are you ready for cloud services? If you're thinking about cloud services for your organization, ask yourself this question: Are you ready? According to Forrester Research, Inc., that's the most important thing to consider before moving forward with your cloud initiatives. That's why we'd like to offer you a complimentary copy of the Forrester report: Assess Your Cloud Maturity. Get the report now to start planning your cloud services strategy. In this Issue Let's not repeat the mistakes of Web history in the cloud Astronomers crunch big data to map the galaxies PostGres offered as a cloud cluster service Microsoft courts Google Apps small-biz users with longer Office 365 free deal WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Networking for Virtualization Deep Dive As virtualization technology has progressed, it's made designing a network more complicated than it used to be. This Deep Dive will help you understand the fundamentals of a stable, capable and robust network ready for modern virtualization, then walk you through the process of designing it. Learn more. Let's not repeat the mistakes of Web history in the cloud The rise of cloud computing has some parallels with the rise of the Web and the technology created to support the Web in the 1990s. There were clear mistakes made back then, and it appears that some of us are doomed to repeat them. Read More Astronomers crunch big data to map the galaxies The first cloud analytics platform for astronomy uses machine learning to process hundreds of terabytes of imagery and metadata. Read More PostGres offered as a cloud cluster service Hosting provider Open Hosting has released a package, Cloud Postgres, that streamlines the process of installing, configuring and monitoring a multiple-server Postgres (formally known as PostGreSQL) implementation on Open Hosting's own servers. Read More Microsoft courts Google Apps small-biz users with longer Office 365 free deal The deal -- pegged "P1" in Microsoft's current stable of subscription plans -- offers cloud-based email, shared calendars and Web-based Office app access to up to 10 employees. Normally, P1 costs $72 per user per year. Read More
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